That's when the brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska load ... before-and-after photos of them in early summer and in late summer and had the public decide who they thought ...

Visitors watch a family unit fishing Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park in Bristol Bay, Alaska, Sept. 23, 2023. The Washington Post via Getty Images The March Madness-style bracket competition ...

Spring is for skinny bears and March Madness basketball. Fall, however, is for fat bears – and for Katmai National Park & Preserve’s annual Fat Bear Week and its accompanying tournament of ...

(Everything to know about Katmai National Park.) Dave Bachrach has led brown ... “We were honored to be visitors in their world.” Bear photos are still tacked up among family pictures in ...

Fall, however, is for fat bears -- and for Katmai National Park ... brackets and the works. The park also provides colorful bios and informative before/after photos of the adorable (but ...

Fat Bear Week — a week to celebrate the fattest bears in Katmai National Park — is finally upon us. Twelve bears are up for the title of the fattest bear, and you can vote for your favorite.

Organizers at Katmai National Park, Alaska have revealed the four cubs competing in this year's Fat Bear Jr. contest. This year's competition includes some familiar faces: both the 2022 and 2023 ...

In 2022, Katmai National Park and Preserve was one of the least visited national parks. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images) Great Basin National Park, Nevada, 142,115 annual ...