ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly ...

After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be named the ...

Fat Bear Week in Alaska has amassed a huge following. Last year, over a million people across 100 countries voted for their favorite Fat Bear, according to the National Park Service.

These Alaskan brown bears are at their peak plumpness, but which contestant will win the top prize of Fat Bear 2025?

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Fat Bear Week kicks off with the first matchups on Tuesday, Sept. 23. The brown bears in this competition live in Katmai National Park. They put on pounds all summer in ...

Fat Bear Week is back, with reigning champ Grazer and her cub in the mix. Anchorage’s Wildbirch Hotel joins the fun with themed food, drinks, and live bear streams.

The bracket for Fat Bear Week 2025 has been revealed, and 12 bears at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska are looking for votes from all over the world — but only one will be crowned the ...

Fat Bear Week is an annual tradition run by the Katmai National Park in Alaska alongside media organization Explore.

The most gripping week of the bear calendar has arrived. The Fat Bear Week is an annual online competition hosted by Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. This event, which began in 2014 as a ...

Back in school, many of us learned that bears hibernate in the winter time. Though before they can partake in their peaceful slumber, they have to prepare first. For them, that means fueling up, and ...