Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The bracket for Fat Bear Week 2025 has been revealed, and 12 bears at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska are looking for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Three times could be the charm for a burly brown bear who’s once again vying for Fat Bear Week champion. Bear 32 Chunk has lost the title to bear 128 Grazer two years in a row. However this year, he’s ...

Fat Bear 2025 named the winning bear after voting completed on Sept. 30. Bears Chunk and 856 made the final round Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

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.

Basketball fans have March Madness. Movie aficionados have the Academy Awards. Heck, there’s even Shark Week for those who couldn’t get enough of Jaws. But what about bear lovers? Surely there has to ...

Bear fans worldwide can watch the bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve bulk up on salmon and vote for their favorite starting Sept. 23 Fat Bear Week is back, accepting votes Sept. 23 through ...

Mirror, mirror on the wall - which bear is the fattest of them all? After months of preparation, the brown bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park will finally get their answer. Fat Bear Week is back!