Fat Bear Week in Alaska has amassed a huge following. Last year, over a million people across 100 countries voted for their favorite Fat Bear, according to the National Park Service.

The most gripping week of the bear calendar has arrived. The Fat Bear Week is an annual online competition hosted by Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. This event, which began in 2014 as a ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly ...

Top Contenders Battle It Out For Fat Bear Week's Ultimate Prize. Alaska's tubbiest ursines have been fighting it out once again as 2025 Fat Bear Week reaches its climax at the end of. The much-loved ...

Credit: C Loberg/A Monaco/T Carmack/NPS/Katmai Conservancy/Explore.org/Cover Images Alaska’s tubbiest ursines have been fighting it out once again as Fat Bear Week reaches its climax on Monday and ...

The most gripping week of the bear calendar has arrived. The Fat Bear Week is an annual online competition hosted by Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. This event, which began in 2014 as a ...

Fat Bear Week is an annual tradition run by the Katmai National Park in Alaska alongside media organization Explore.

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The annual Fat Bear Week is underway in Alaska as people vote on which brown bear has become the fattest in preparation of winter!

Forget March Madness — this is Fat Bear Week madness, complete with brackets, merch and cheering fans from across the globe.

On today’s show, Alaska Public Media reporter Ava White joins Kimberly to make us smarter about Fat Bear Week and the issues that are top of mind for Alaskans right now. Alaska residents receive an ...

Fat Bear Week, hosted by Katmai National Park in Alaska, draws bated breath from viewers every year. It’s an annual online tournament where people vote to crown the bear that’s best bulked up for ...