Two bears vying for a prime fishing spot near Brooks Falls in fall 2023. The brown bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve have been packing on the pounds this summer. Starting Tuesday, you can ...

While other bears battled over fish in a prime spot, Otis would sit off to the side and wait for the fish to come to him. But so far this year, he hasn’t been spotted in Katmai National Park and ...

Before the competition even kicked off, Fat Bear Week took a gruesome turn after a fight broke out between two bears at Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve, competition officials said Monday.

The most gripping week of the bear calendar has arrived. The Fat Bear Week is an annual online competition hosted by Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. This event, which began in 2014 as a ...

Baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng may be the internet’s animal sensation du jour, but it’s time to celebrate some rotund wildlife with proven staying power: the fat bears of Alaska’s Katmai National Park and ...

Bear 32, nicknamed Chunk, was crowned the 2025 Fat Bear Week champion. T Carmack, Katmai National Park and Preserve via Flickr under Public Domain A bear weighing more than 1,000 pounds, nicknamed ...