Fat Bear Week, the annual contest that celebrates feeding season at Katmai National Park in Alaska, began as a one-day ...

Each fall, Katmai hosts Fat Bear Week, a beloved celebration of the park’s brown bears and larger ecosystem in the northern Alaska Peninsula. “What's striking about Katmai, aside from our famous fat ...

An elevated platform built near the river provides a lookout point for people (and keeps them separated from the hungry ...

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To vote, go to www.fatbearweek.org. Each match-up features two brown bears, both portly and proud. There’s no real criteria; ...

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Voting started Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, with viewers ...

Fat Bear Week is celebrating its 10th anniversary at Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve. The beloved event allows the public to vote for their favorite brown bear that has fattened up the most ...

Along with current standings, Makayla Clark reports on some of the criteria used to choose Fat Bear Week contestants.