Get your popcorn (and maybe a plate of salmon sashimi) ready: Fat Bear Week, the annual competition to crown the rotundest brown bear at Alaska’s Katmai National Park, is back for its 2025 season.

Fat Bear Week is officially back, and we animal lovers couldn't be more excited! Not only is this a fun and adorable competition filled with fluff and fur, but it’s also a time for people to see the ...

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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 ...

The chunkiest challenge of the year is here — Fat Bear Week. Each year, the burly brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska capture global attention in a March Madness-style bracket ...

Each year, the burly bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve capture global attention in a March Madness-style bracket challenge as fans pick which bear advances in each round. “The bears have been ...

Fat Bear Week is about to kick off for the 11th year of competition. After starting as a one-day tournament in 2014, Fat Bear Week is returning to let viewers choose which bear will reign supreme as ...

Katmai National Park wants to know who will wear the crown and be voted the king (or queen) of Fat Bear Week. The annual competition that helps determine which bear “best exemplifies fatness and ...

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 ...

As a biologist might say, that's a chonky boy. - National Park Service Fat Bear Week is officially underway at the Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. So, take a break from all of the ...