Fat Bear Week "celebrates the healthy appetites of brown bears" and "the nourishing ecosystem in which the bears thrive," as ...

Entering its 11th season, the viral competition to crown the biggest bear in Alaska's Katmai National Park kicks off Monday.

Fat Bear Week began as a one-day tournament in 2014, when park rangers hosted Fat Bear Tuesday on Katmai National Park’s ...

The brawny bruins on the Alaska Peninsula are ready to brawl it out to see which will win this year’s fattest bear title in ...

The famous bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park are enjoying an abundance of salmon, and even some playtime, as they pack ...

From tubby titans to gargantuan gluttons, get ready to cheer for the heftiest bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve’s ...

Every fall, bears at Katmai National Park feast on salmon to prepare for the winter and people vote online to crown the biggest bear.

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Fat Bear Week is back! The famed March Madness-style bracket competition that pits some of Katmai National Park and Preserve's bulkiest and most beloved brown bears against each other in the arena of ...

Fat Bear Week is returning this month for its 11th year. The competition is fierce and, above all, incredibly chunky. The National Park Service’s competition for the bear with “peak spherical status” ...