Each summer Alaska’s bears gather at the Brooks River in the Katmai National Park to feast on salmon and prepare for the long winter ahead. These bears can double their weight in just a few months, ...

WASHINGTON — Editor's Note: The video above is from July 2020. A 747 has been named winner of Alaska's "Fat Bear Week." As in, that's actually the bear's name -- 747. The annual competition celebrates ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Let the chunk-off begin. Voting started Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, with viewers picking their favorite among ...

After going head to head with the bear who killed her cub, Grazer has been crowned the champion of Fat Bear Week 2024 for the second year in a row! The annual winner of the competition, which was held ...

The American people are at the precipice of a big decision: Which brown bear at Katmai National Park and Preserve is the fattest? That's the question at the heart of the Alaskan park's Fat Bear Week ...

ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - In an Alaska clash of tubby titans that has become a social media sensation, a shaggy, brown and possibly pregnant mother known as 409 Beadnose was crowned on Tuesday as Fattest ...

Voting in Katmai National Park's famed Fat Bear Week was underway Wednesday after a bear killed one of this year's competitors and delayed the bracket reveal by a day. Bear #469 attacked and killed ...

Brown bear #151, a contender for the Fat Bear Week crown. Voting in Katmai National Park's famed Fat Bear Week was underway Wednesday after a bear killed one of this year's competitors and delayed the ...