Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fat Bear Week is back at Katmai National Park and Preserve. The March Madness-style bracket competition pits some of Katmai ...

Fat Bear Week 2025 has crowned its winner! On Tuesday, Sept. 30, voting in the 2025 Fat Bear Week competition concluded. The final match-up in the single-elimination, bracket-style contest came down ...

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 ...

ALASKA, USA — After years of being the bridesmaid but never the bride, 32 Chunk has finally waddled away with the crown in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week. The hulking male brown bear, estimated to weigh well ...

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 at ...

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 ...

Every fall, the internet collectively obsesses over some of Alaska’s chunkiest residents. Featured Video Katmai National Park’s Fat Bear Week is back, and thousands of people around the world are ...

A traveling NHL mascot got the full Alaskan fishing experience last week while filming a promotional video in Katmai National Park. The resulting viral video clip shows “Buoy,” the mascot for the ...