Californians may feel especially encouraged to see these brown bears thrive considering the state’s history with the California grizzly bear, the subspecies of brown bear that went extinct soon ...

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Fat Bear Week is an annual park competition that "celebrates the healthy appetites of brown bears" and "the nourishing ecosystem in which the bears thrive," according to NPS. The annual event ...

For each match-up, contestants vote for the bear they believe "best exemplifies fatness and success in brown bears," officials wrote on the contest website. The bear with the most votes advances ...

In a storyline better befitting a melodrama than a popularity vote, Grazer won her second Fat Bear Contest Tuesday by defeating the male behemoth that killed her cub this summer. Grazer beat Chunk ...

It’s tough to choose which brown bear in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve is looking the fattest this year. Is it 32 Chunk? Or 128 Grazer? Or maybe 151 Walker? Problem is ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Millions of people worldwide tuned in for a remote Alaska national park’s “Fat Bear Week” celebration ...

This is where Grazer’s cub died after it slipped over the waterfall and was killed by Chunk, perhaps the most dominant brown bear on the river. Grazer fought Chunk in an effort to save the cub ...

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The Alaska national park puts on Fat Bear Week annually as a way to raise awareness about the 2,200-pound brown bears that live in the park. Every year, they gorge themselves on salmon ...

This is where Grazer’s cub died after it slipped over the waterfall and was killed by Chunk, perhaps the most dominant brown bear on the river. Grazer fought Chunk in an effort to save the cub ...