As summer winds down in Alaska’s Katmai National Park, a peculiar yet beloved tradition begins: Fat Bear Week. This friendly ...

Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his ...

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

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle ...

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 wildly popular annual online voting contest known as Fat Bear Week. The ...

An Alaska national park's yearly celebration of the beefy, brown and bristly is getting underway as some of the chunkiest bears on the planet fatten up for their long winter slumber. Fat Bear Week ...

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

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Millions of people worldwide tuned in for a remote Alaska national park’s “Fat Bear Week” celebration this month, as captivating livestream camera footage caught the chubby ...

Is your favorite bear going to win Fat Bear Week 2025? Here's how to vote in and see results of the burly bear battle at Katmai National Park.