Katmai National Park and Preserve’s brown bears have been bulking up all summer, but not just for Fat Bear Week.

The bears are back – bigger, hungrier and hopefully, fatter than ever. Fat Bear Week will launch this week at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, bringing some of the park's most ...

All of Katmai National Park and Preserve’s brown bears are winners, but there can only be one Fat Bear Week 2023 champion. See who's in the running.

The brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska have been bulking up for hibernation. If Congress doesn't approve a funding deal, Fat Bear Week will be put on hold.

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

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.

Fat Bear Week, now in its 10 th year, is all about crowning the bear “that you think has what it takes to survive the winter,” according to the National Park Service. These bears hibernate ...

Voting for Alaska's Fat Bear Week began on Wednesday after the contest was delayed by a bear death on Monday.

Chunk, a contender in this year's Fat Bear Week celebration at Katmai National Park and Preserve. (From National Park Service) Over the last several months, brown bears have been putting on pounds ...

Fat Bear Week is back, and this year's contestants are a giant, fuzzy dream for the competition's 10th anniversary. The initial Monday announcement was postponed until Tuesday following a gruesome ...

(NEXSTAR) – Fat Bear Week is off to a violent start this year. The scheduled reveal of the bracket and all the chunky contestants was pushed back by a day after one bear, No. 469, attacked and ...

Fat Bear Week is back, but the annual contest that celebrates brown bears and their healthy appetites was delayed after a bear killed another bear on a live webcam.