Fat Bear Week is a partnership between Katmai National Park and Preserve, explore.org and Katmai Conservancy. Who's competing for Fat Bear Week 2023? The first match-up features two of the ...

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." Fire up those ...

the bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska have been packing on pounds, preparing for hibernation and unbeknownst to them, something else – Fat Bear Week. “Fat Bear Week is ...

a media ranger at Katmai National Park, told ABC News. Bear "128 Grazer" is the 2023 Fat Bear Week champion. NPS Photo Since last year, Grazer has since released her cubs and was able to focus on ...

It’s Fat Bear Week, a pure and wonderful treat for people who need a break from the harsh realities of life. The competition champions the brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve as ...

Fat Bear Week will launch this week at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, bringing some of the park's most beloved bears to the spotlight to eat their way to get the crown for fattest ...

Chunk, a contender in this year's Fat Bear Week celebration at Katmai National Park and Preserve. (From National Park Service) Over the last several months, brown bears have been putting on pounds ...

Voting is over in Katmai National Park & Preserve’s annual Fat Bear Week contest, in which the public picks from 12 big ‘n’ bulky bears in an online brackets-style tournament. The 2023 ...

Oct. 2 (UPI) --Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska kicked off its annual Fat bear Week, with 12 corpulent bears competing to pack on the pounds and earn the public's favor. The park ...

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 2023, the ninth-annual edition of a "March madness-style" bracket competition that pits the fattest brown bears at Katmai National Park in Alaska against each other, is set to begin ...

Fall, however, is for fat bears -- and for Katmai National Park & Preserve's annual Fat Bear Week and its accompanying tournament of crowning a chubby champion for 2022. And unlike that bracket ...