All of Katmai National Park and Preserve’s brown bears are winners, but there can only be one Fat Bear Week 2023 champion. See who's in the running.

Bear 480, Otis, matched his latest appearance to the falls yet. The last time he appeared on cameras this late was also on July 26, back in 2021. Photo from July 2023. (F. Jimenez/National Park ...

The true "titan of tonnage" has been crowned. After a record-breaking week of voting, the Katmai National Park and Preserve named the 2021 Fat Bear Week champion as none of other than the original ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to former ranger Mike Fitz about Katmai National Park & Preserve - the glorious setting for a very popular National Parks Service event, "Fat Bear Week." ...

Bear 747 Katmai National Park Service ... Otis is a large adult male who was just between 4 to 6 years old when he was first found in 2001, and now, he's one of the oldest male bears.

Over the last several months, brown bears have been putting on pounds at Katmai National Park and Preserve. The culmination of their efforts is celebrated during Fat Bear Week, where 12 bears are ...

A Tuesday night sighting of Bear 480 Otis, one of the oldest and most popular brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park & Preserve, was a moment worthy of celebration. “Otis is indeed in ...

Katmai National Park calls Fat Bear Week “a celebration of success,” a March Madness style tournament, complete with bracket, where you can vote on the heftiest brown bear in the bunch.

Photographed on September 14, 2022, 480 Otis is the reigning 2021 Fat Bear Week champion. L. Law/Katmai National Park and Preserve ...

Animal lovers can vote for their favorite chunky bear at Alaska's Katmai National Park until Oct. 5, after which Fat Bear Week's winner will be announced Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for ...

Katmai National Park calls Fat Bear Week “a celebration of success,” a March Madness style tournament, complete with bracket, where you can vote on the heftiest brown bear in the bunch.