KING SALMON, Alaska -- A man who was caught on camera wading into a river full of feeding bears to snap a selfie could soon face charges, according to the National Park Service. The man was part of a ...

Fat Bear Week has been an annual tradition since 2014. There is now officially a 2025 Fat Bear Week winner. Congratulations to 32 Chunk, an over 1,200-pound brown bear! The beefiest of all bruins vied ...

Fat Bear Week is back at Katmai National Park and Preserve. The March Madness-style bracket competition pits some of Katmai National Park and Preserve's bulkiest and most beloved brown bears against ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fat Bear Week 2025 is upon us, and the burliest bears of Katmai National Park have been working hard all season to chonk up for the annual competition, with the lineup of competitors dropping today, ...

Katmai National Park’s annual Fat Bear Week is underway again: A time when the general public watches livestreams of feeding and fighting brown bears at Brooks Falls in southwest Alaska. Though it’s a ...