Voters from around the world will soon decide the winner of Katmai National Park’s Fat Bear Week. Voting ends Tuesday at 5 p.m. The annual competition pits brown bear vs. brown bear after a ...

Fat Bear Week has a champion: Salmon-devouring 128 Grazer In this photo provided by the National Park Service is Grazeer, the winner of the 2023 Fat Bear Contest, at Katmai National Park, Alaska ...

Meet the contestants of Fat Bear Week 2023. Voting in the contest for denizens of Katmai National Park & Preserve is now open.

Despite the online excitement about Katmai National Park’s fat bears this year, the critters struggled harder than usual to plump up. The heat hit an important bear food source — salmon ...

The annual competition is put on by Alaska's Katmai National Park & Preserve to choose the fattest bear. This year, Holly beat out Lefty in the championship round, winning more than 80% of the votes.

Fat Bear Week 2023 would be postponed by a government shutdown The brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska have been bulking up for ... How much salmon do the bears eat?

The contenders are selected from 80 to 90 bears usually identified by rangers at the park during the salmon run. “Fat Bear Week is a celebration of success, adaptability and resilience in our ...

Voters have a lot to weigh: leadership qualities, policy agenda, experience. But over the past decade, one race has been defined by the amount of wild salmon that can be smashed into a mouth. You ...

One of the greatest fall phenomena in Alaska — Fat Bear Week — recently concluded. Voting for the virtual event was hosted by Katmai National Park and Preserve on the Alaska Peninsula, but ...

For the younger bears, a Fat Bear Junior contest precedes Fat Bear Week, giving cubs a chance to strut their stuff. Among the adult bears, there's Sara, who is in her early 30s. Otis is in his ...