The votes are in. The winner of 2023’s Fat Bear Week bracket held by Katmai National Park in Alaska and Explore.org is the adult female bear 128 Grazer.

The brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska have been bulking up for hibernation. If Congress doesn't approve a funding deal, Fat Bear Week will be put on hold.

Voters worldwide will decide the winner of Katmai National Park’s Fat Bear Week, after a summer of bears packing on pounds for hibernation.

And Fat Bear Week’s success relies on the health of the bears’ environment. More than 50 million salmon moved into freshwater at Bristol Bay this year, Fitz said.

Fat Bear Week is an annual event organized by Katmai National Park and explore.org, showing how bears have fattened up after months of devouring salmon. The 2022 competitors are quite fat.

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

Fat Bear Week officially starts on Wednesday, celebrating the hard work bears do to survive, and giving all the rest of us a reason to gawk at massive animals and spawning salmon in their home in ...

Some of the largest brown bears on Earth make their home at Brooks River in Katmai National Park, Alaska. Brown bears get fat to survive, and “Fat Bear Week” is an annual tournament ...

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

Who is the chunkiest brown bear of them all? That's what the National Park Service is trying to determine during its annual Fat Bear Week competition.

In case anyone wonders if the brown bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park are ready for Fat Bear Week, check out the footage posted below. It shows 32 Chunk, arguably the fattest bear never to ...