Fat Bear Week began as Fat Bear Tuesday in 2014 and was expanded into Fat Bear Week in 2015. It’s a celebration of the bears’ success in bulking up and the unique ecosystem that supports them.

Meet the contestants of Fat Bear Week 2023. Voting in the contest for denizens of Katmai National Park & Preserve is now open.

This annual competition, called Fat Bear Week, runs October 5 to 11 this year. Each day, pairs of bears face off. ... ideas for classroom activities and other links.

A government shutdown almost wrecked Fat Bear Week. Now we have our round winner 128 Grazer has won the 2023 Fat Bear Week competition, beating out 32 Chunk in the final by more than 85,000 votes.

128 Grazer. 2023 Fat Bear Week champion. Highly defensive mother who delivered two first year cubs in 2024. In July, one of Grazer's cubs died after injured by 32 Chunk.

Fat Bear Week was launched by the National Park Service in 2014 with just a single celebratory day – Fat Bear Tuesday. But the event was so successful that it became a dedicated week in 2015.

It's time for Fat Bear Week, when fans of famous behemoths like Otis, Holly and 747 vote for the plumpest bear in the land.This year's competition runs from Oct. 4 through Oct. 10 — but it won't ...

Katmai National Park's Fat Bear Week — an annual celebration of wild bears putting on weight to prepare for hibernation — kicks off Oct. 4. The 2023 tournament, ...

Fat Bear Week is an annual event organized by Katmai National Park and explore.org, showing how bears have fattened up after months of devouring salmon. The 2022 competitors are quite fat.

Mama Bear Grazer has emerged as the victor of Alaska’s Katmai National Park “Fat Bear Week”, with over seventy thousand votes for the light-colored female bear—nearly double hte amount ...

The Beefy Winner of Fat Bear Week, 128 Grazer, Is a Beautiful Sight to Behold. The annual celebration showcases bears who are preparing for hibernation at Katmai National Park in Alaska.