ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Let the chunk-off begin. Voting starts Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, with viewers picking their favorite ...

Meet ‘747’, the Two-Time Champion of Fat Bear Week. Story by Kellianne Matthews • 3w. Watch the Video. ... Technically, all brown bears in Alaska are grizzly bears. However, ...

Grazer crushes bear that killed her cub to win Alaska's Fat Bear Week contest Grazer has conspicuously blond ears and a long, straight muzzle, according to her bio page at explore.org.

Visit south-central Alaska, including national park bear hubs Lake Clark and Katmai, from June through early September for the best brown bear sightings and weather. Each month brings a different ...

The bears at an Alaska national park are fattening up, and their fans will honor them for it. Every fall, Katmai National Park and Preserve hosts its annual Fat Bear Week, an online tournament to ...

An Alaska national park's yearly celebration of the beefy, brown and bristly is getting underway as some of the chunkiest bears on the planet fatten up for their long winter slumber. Fat Bear Week ...

It's based on the famous Fat Bear Week, which features bears at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska.The bears compete for that online tournament as bears beef up for hibernation. Avians ...

Weighing in at an estimated 1,400 pounds, 747 is the largest bear to have ever participated in Fat Bear Week. He is also a two-time champion of the competition, having won in both 2020 and 2022.