After a week of fierce competition, Backpack emerged victorious as Fat Bear Week champion, the heftiest bear of Alaska’s ...
This video shows a brown bear standing in the rushing water below Brooks Falls while holding a salmon in its mouth, with ...
A big-bellied bear named 89 Backpack had been declared the winner of this year's Fat Bear Week at Alaska's Katmai National ...
The annual Fat Bear Week crowned its winner Tuesday, and this year’s champion was one seriously chonky bear.
Alaska’s Fat Bear Week online competition is back for 2026, with last year’s champion Chunk set to return for this year’s ...
Fat Bear Week, hosted by Katmai National Park in Alaska, draws bated breath from viewers every year. It’s an annual online ...
Brown bears in Alaska's Katmai National Park & Reserve are beefing up to vie for the top spot in the park's annual Fat Bear Week competition. This single-elimination tournament, taking place Sept. 22 ...
After a summer spent packing away sockeye salmon, Alaska’s heftiest brown bears are ready to throw their weight around.
A brown bear eats his catch while fishing for salmon on August 12, 2023 near Brooks Falls, Alaska. The bears feas ...
KATMAI NATIONAL PARK, Alaska - Fat Bear Week is back at Katmai National Park in Alaska and this year, the competition is fiercer than ever. The competition happens every year to s ...
Online voting is now open to crown Alaska's top heavyweight brown bear. Sixteen bears are facing off in a single-elimination tournament. (AP Photo) ...
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