Fat Bear Week 2025 ends on Sept. 30. Tune into the livestreams to watch some very fat bears become even more so, then vote on your favorites.

Is your favorite bear going to win Fat Bear Week 2025? Here's how to vote in and see results of the burly bear battle at Katmai National Park.

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

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

While Alaska's larger brown bears are attracting national attention, there have been some impressive black bears to come out ...

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 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, 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 ...

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

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

As we delve deeper into Fat Bear Week, we spoke with one of the creators of the event about why it's important for people to learn about the bears at Katmai, how a healthy watershed supports the bears ...

The bracket for Fat Bear Week 2025 has been revealed, and 12 bears at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska are looking for votes from all over the world — but only one will be crowned the ...