Fat Bear Week is fun to watch, but packing on pounds is serious business for the bears at Katmai National Park. How to vote for your favorite.

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After gorging all summer, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly popular online voting contest called Fat ...

The contest, which began in 2014, is meant to showcase the resiliency of the brown bears. Here's everything to know for the 2025 event.

The bracket for Fat Bear Week 2025 has been revealed, and 12 bears at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska are looking for votes from all over the world — but only one will be crowned the ...

After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly popular online voting contest called Fat ...

The bracket for Fat Bear Week 2025 has been revealed, and 12 bears at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska are looking for votes from all over the world — but only one will be crowned the ...

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Browns bears at Katmai pack on pounds each fall to survive Alaska's harsh winters, turning the park's Brooks Falls into nature's most exclusive dining destination. About 2,200 brown bears call the ...

Fans often factor in those challenges when voting. In fact, mother bears have taken the crown before. Last year, Grazer, already a two-time champion, beat out Chunk, one of the river’s biggest males, ...