The annual Fat Bear Week featuring gluttonous brown bears at Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve is back.

Fat Bear Week at Katmai National Park celebrates Alaska's brown bears as they bulk up for winter, inviting everyone to vote ...

The bears are back and they are bigger than ever! Fat Bear Week returns for the 11th year September 23-30, 2025, inviting the ...

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

Fat Bear Week, an online vote conducted via a single-elimination bracket, will take place from Sept. 23 to 30, the National ...

Fat Bear Week is a competition that "celebrates the healthy appetites of brown bears" and "the nourishing ecosystem in which the bears thrive." ...

KING SALMON, Alaska -- For brown bears in one Alaska national park, bigger really is better. On Tuesday, 409 Beadnose was officially declared the fattest of the fat bears. "What does the she win for ...

The bear cam is back, showing coastal brown bears in their natural habitat at Katmai National Park in Alaska. The camera is located at Brooks Falls, a popular spot for bears to fish for sockeye salmon ...

Spring is for skinny bears and March Madness basketball. Fall, however, is for fat bears -- and for Katmai National Park & Preserve's annual Fat Bear Week and its accompanying tournament of crowning a ...