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Sixteen bears are vying for votes in Fat Bear Week​ 2026, the highly anticipated contest among the chunkiest bears at the Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

Fat Bear Week returns to Katmai National Park on Tuesday, inviting wildlife fans worldwide to vote for the park's chunkiest ...

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Fans can vote online daily and watch live bear cams, with donations supporting Katmai's conservation efforts It's that time of year again in Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve: Fat Bear Week ...

It was the survival of the thickest during Fat Bear Week and "Backpack" beat all odds to emerge as the fattest bear of 2026.

The brown bear, who now weighs between 1,000 and 1,200 pounds after fattening up on salmon, earned his nickname as a cub. When he was little, he enjoyed riding on his mom's back as she swam across a r ...

Voting for the annual beloved online showdown resumed Monday after breaking for the weekend. See the four remaining contestants.

Fat Bear Week, that turns Alaska's bulkiest bears into internet celebrities, is returning this week to celebrate the bears' pre-hibernation glow-up.

The big boys battle and two sisters go head-to-head in Round 2 of Fat Bear Week voting. Ace fisherbear #164 (Bucky Dent) managed to dethrone 2025 champ Bear #32 (Chunk) in Round 1 and will now face ...

Bear 132 found her lost cub while Bear 909 lost both her cubs, one in an attack by another bear competing today.