Last year's animal tournament received over 1.2 million votes from more than 100 countries Bears can eat over 40 salmon a day, packing on pounds to endure hibernation It's that time of year again in ...

Way up north in Alaska, Katmai National Park protects a vast landscape (over 4 million acres!) of volcanoes, tundra, lakes ...

ALASKA -- The brown bears of Katmai's National Park & Preserve in remote Alaska have picked up quite the Internet fam over the years. A live webcam has been following their fishing expeditions as they ...

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 ...

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 — After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly popular ...

Fat Bear Week, when people get to pick their favorite Alaskan brown bear bulking up for hibernation, is coming early this year. The annual online competition that normally starts in early October will ...

KING SALMON, Alaska -- For brown bears in one Alaska national park, bigger really is better. On Tuesday, 409 Beadnose was officially declared the fattest of the fat bears. "What does the she win for ...

A female brown bear named 909, known for her blond ears and fishing skills, is seen last fall in the Brooks River in Katmai National Park. As the park's bears pack on pounds to prepare for hibernation ...

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 ...