Adult female 402 was killed in a fight with a male bear Monday at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

An Alaska national park's annual celebration of the beefy, brown and bristly is getting underway as some of the chunkiest ...

Fat Bear Week doesn’t officially start at Katmai National Park and Preserve until Oct. 2, when fans can begin voting online ...

Katmai National Park and Preserve also safeguards 9,000 years of human habitation, the dramatic volcanic landscape ...

Competition history: As the reigning Fat Bear Junior champion, 806 Jr is back to defend his title as Katmai's chunkiest cub.

This year's contest also has an emotional favorite: a spring cub of Grazer, the 2023 Fat Bear champion. The cub's sibling tragically died earlier this summer after falling over a waterfall on the ...

Voting for Fat Bear Jr. Begins Thursday when 909 Jr. will face 806 Jr. while 910 Jr. faces 128’s Spring Cub. The winners of ...

30, with voting taking place Oct. 2-8. In this photo provided by the National Park Service is Grazer, the winner of the 2023 Fat Bear Contest, at Katmai National Park, Alaska on Sept. 14 ...

An Alaska national park's annual celebration of the beefy, brown and bristly is getting underway as some of the chunkiest ...