The chonkiest challenge of the year is here. Fat Bear Week begins Sept. 23. Each year, the burly bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve capture global attention in a March Madness-style bracket ...

The Fat Bear Week competition has grown exponentially since it started as a Facebook vote in 2014. “It's positive, it's a celebration, and it's also really fun,” says Mike Fitz, a former Katmai park ...

KING SALMON, Alaska -- A man who was caught on camera wading into a river full of feeding bears to snap a selfie could soon face charges, according to the National Park Service. The man was part of a ...

Fat Bear Week is back at Alaska's Katmai National Park, an event where people will have a chance to vote for their favorite chunky brown bears beginning Sept. 23. For the past 11 years, fans of Fat ...

Fat Bear Week is an annual competition where fans vote for the fattest bear at Katmai National Park and Preserve. The event runs from Sept. 23 to Sept. 30, with daily voting on the explore.org website ...

Bear fans worldwide can watch the bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve bulk up on salmon and vote for their favorite starting Sept. 23 Fat Bear Week is back, accepting votes Sept. 23 through ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The brawny bruins on the Alaska Peninsula are ready to brawl it out to see which will win this year’s fattest bear title in the wildly popular annual online voting contest known as ...

It's time for everyone's favorite bracket battle — Fat Bear Week. The annual online contest returns to Katmai National Park in Alaska as massive brown bears gorge, bulk up and compete for the internet ...