The public will for the 12th year in a row vote for the fattest of brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai national park The bears have returned to the river and are packing on the pounds as another Fat Bear Week begins at Katmai national park.
This year's single-elimination tournament will see 16 competitors face off, compared to 12 in past years. Officials report more cubs in Katmai National Park than they've seen in recent memory.
NATIONAL (KRQE) - It is that time of the year again. The leaves are starting to change colors, the air is crisp and the bears are fat. Fat Bear Week is back, and starting Tuesday, the biggest Alaskan Brown Bears face off head-to-head for your vote on who best exemplifies fatness.
Fat Bear Week is back for its 12th year, and Alaska’s grandest grizzlies are ready. The viral competition tracks the rotund residents of Katmai National Park and Preserve after a full summer of gorging and preparing for the long, cold Alaskan winter.
Sixteen bears are facing off in Fat Bear Week 2026, the highly anticipated tournament among the chunkiest bears at the Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska.
After a summer spent packing away sockeye salmon, Alaska’s heftiest brown bears are ready to throw their weight around. Online voting began Tuesday for Fat Bear Week, the annual contest that pits the rotund residents of Katmai National Park and Preserve against each other for the title of most overs…
It's time for Fat Bear Week 2026! Vote for your favorite corpulent cutie as the brown bears of Katmai National Park fatten up for winter. The post Fat Bear Week 2026: Here’s how to participate! first appeared on EarthSky .
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After a summer spent packing away sockeye salmon, Alaska’s heftiest brown bears are ready to throw their weight around. Online voting began Tuesday for Fat Bear Week, the annual contest that pits the rotund residents of Katmai National Park and Preserve against each other fo…
ALASKA (KRDO) - Every year, the National Park Service celebrates the fall with a public vote for the fattest bear in Alaska's Katmai National Park before hibernation. Here in Colorado, thousands of residents have gotten a view much closer for comfort than the popular Alaskan livestream.
(FOX40.COM) — Bears have been bulking up for hibernation this winter, but in Alaska they’ve been unknowingly training for the ultimate test of their eating habits. VIDEO: Tracing the vines: Exploring 'Pumpkin Season' in California (September 2026) Fat Bear Week began Tuesday, the National Park Servi…
Tuesday, Sept. 22 marked the first day of this year’s Fat Bear Week, an annual competition based out of Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve. For over a decade, the competition has pinned Katmai’s heaviest...
