ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A new video initiative is bringing the famed brown bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park to your computer or smartphone. Without having to go there, you can watch mature bears ...

Voting for the annual Fat Bear Week competition kicks off on 23 September, pitting bears in Alaska against each other as they eat their way to adequate fatness to prepare for winter hibernation.

The annual online competition allows viewers to follow 12 bears in Alaska’s Katmai ... Brooks Falls fishing spots were often empty as bears hunted up and down stream. There was even room for humans to ...

The famous bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park are enjoying an abundance of salmon, and even some playtime, as they pack on pounds to prepare for the winter.

Winter is coming, and the brown bears at Alaska’s Katmai National Park & Preserve (KNPP) are packing on the pounds. They’re working hard, gobbling salmon, preparing for the long sleep, and getting ...

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 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The brawny bruins on the Alaska Peninsula are ready to brawl it out to see which will win this year’s fattest bear title in the wildly popular annual online voting contest ...

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 ...

Fat Bear Week 2025 has arrived, featuring some of the biggest and brawniest bears of Brooks River. Longtime fans will note that there are several beloved bears missing from this year’s bracket, which ...

Katmai National Park and Preserve is a natural park and wild reserve of the United States in the south of Alaska, known ...