A brown bear is catching salmon at the Brooks River waterfall, Katmai National Park, Alaska. Fat Bear Week 2025 kicks off with Fat Bear Junior on September 18, giving everyone a chance to crown the ...

Brown bears in the Brooks River in Katmai National Park and Preserve. There are certain scenes in the unofficial wildlife photography hall of fame—shots that both amateurs and professionals around the ...

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 ...

Bear 32 Chunk was crowned the 2025 champion of Fat Bear Week. Chunk defeated runner-up Bear 856 with over 96,000 votes. The annual contest celebrates the survival of brown bears at Katmai National ...

Colorado's Peter Ridgeway worked for the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska for several years. He recalls one of the job's most memorable moments – a day in the field near Hoonah, in Southeast. "I remember ...

ALASKA, USA — It's time for Alaska's most adorably adipose animals to duke it out for the title of 2025's fattest bear. Fat Bear Week, the wildly popular online voting contest that has captivated ...

Last year's animal tournament received over 1.2 million votes from more than 100 countries Bears can eat over 40 salmon a day, packing on pounds to endure hibernation It's that time of year again in ...