He has won Katmai's Fat Bear Week, essentially a beauty contest for big bruins, four times, the latest last year. It seems he still ends every year as rotund as the last. 480 Otis, eating a salmon ...

Wherever he’s gone, Otis, the Fattest of the Fat Bears, will continue to be a super-size inspiration to his fans, us included. So goodnight, sweet prince. We’ll go have a snack and take a nap ...

After a tough week of competition, 480 Otis defeated fellow big boy 151 Walker, also known as the "Baron of Beardonkadonk," to become an unprecedented four-time Fat Bear Week champion. 480 Otis ...

Missing it would be un-bear-able. The annual “Fat Bear Week” of Katmai, Alaska, has officially begun.The weeklong festival, which began in 2014, is a celebration of the resilience ...

Otis is an older bear and arguably the most famous brown bear on the planet, a four-time Fat Bear Week champion, known for his fishing exploits at his favorite spot, “the office” at Brooks Falls.

The Fat Bear Week bear 480, also known as Otis, appeared at Katmai National Park and Preserve emaciated and frail this summer. But over just a couple months, the animal transformed into a rotund ...

Bear 480 Otis won the very first Fat Bear challenge, Fat Bear Tuesday in 2014 and went on to win Fat Bear Weeks 2016, 2017 and 2021. Rangers weren’t sure he’d be back this year because he’d ...

Four-time Fat Bear Week Champion 480 Otis was ousted on Friday October 6. ... Gigantic fossils hint at super-sized 7,000-pound sea turtle Gigantic fossils hint at super-sized 7,000-pound sea turtle.

On Tuesday, the brown bear 747 — who weighs an estimated 1,400 pounds — was crowned the champion of the 2022 Fat Bear Week competition in Alaska, which was rocked by a voting scandal this year ...

As someone who's confronting his own age, I appreciate seeing an older guy hold it down. That's why I'm cheering for 480 Otis this Fat Bear Week.