As the 9-year-old cat waited for a home, the shelter shared her story on Facebook. The post called her “deserving” of a first-place win at Fat Bear Week, an online competition that lasts through Sept.

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Bear 32 Chunk is back in the Fat Bear Week finals for the third year in a row. This time, he has a new challenger.

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 ...

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 popular online voting ...

It's Fat Bear Week, y'all! During this special week, which runs September 23 through 30, the world turns its attention to the gorgeous brown bears who live at Brooks River in Katmai National Park in ...

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In anticipation of the upcoming hibernation season, burly bears are competing to be crowned the fattest brown bear as part of Fat Bear Week, an online voting competition for the public to choose their ...

Active volcanoes, pristine lakes, and epic wildlife sightings await at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

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.