Forget March Madness — this is Fat Bear Week madness, complete with brackets, merch and cheering fans from across the globe.

Bears and humans wait all year for the yearly Katmai Conservancy contest called “Fat Bear Week.” The bears prepare by eating in preparation for winter hibernation. The ...

The annual Fat Bear Week is underway in Alaska as people vote on which brown bear has become the fattest in preparation of ...

The most gripping week of the bear calendar has arrived. The Fat Bear Week is an annual online competition hosted by Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. This event, which began in 2014 as a ...

Fat Bear Week is fun to watch, but packing on pounds is serious business for the bears at Katmai National Park. How to vote ...

Fat Bear Week, hosted by Katmai National Park in Alaska, draws bated breath from viewers every year. It’s an annual online tournament where people vote to crown the bear that’s best bulked up for ...

A 1,400-pound brown bear? Here's a look at the fall feeding habits — and giant proportions — of Katmai brown bears ...

After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who ...

Husband Dan and I have officially joined the ranks of Alaska enthusiasts, but sharing the experience seems daunting, similar to trying to explain the sky to someone who has never seen it.  That being ...

It's that marvelous time of year when the internet gets to vote for its favorite stuffed bear – the wild kind. Fat Bear Week ...

The annual Banff Film Festival features films about mountain sports and culture from around the globe. It’s at the Wendy ...