Almost time for Alaska’s brown bears to hibernate for another winter — and that means Fat Bear Week is back ... Ranger Naomi Boak told NPR. “The big boars, the biggest guys, can get to ...

Hey, fans of the annual Fat Bear Week online contest out of ... selecting a winner in the annual contest for the big lugs of Katmai National Park & Preserve in Alaska. The 12 contestants were ...

In southwest Alaska, the bulky brown titans wandering around with bellies full of salmon can only mean one thing: Fat Bear Week is here. Late summer and early fall at Katmai National Park and ...

Fat Bear Week will launch this week at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, bringing some of the ... Bear 747 is a large adult male – so big, in fact, that officials say "few brown ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big ... An Alaska national park's yearly celebration of the beefy, brown, and bristly is getting underway as some of the chunkiest bears on the ...

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 ...

2 (UPI) --Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska kicked off its ... The bracket is rounded out by several big-bellied brown bear newcomers. "Fat Bear Week is a celebration of success and ...

Tis the season to be jolly, and I’m not talking about Christmas. It’s Fat Bear Week, a pure and wonderful treat for people who need a break from the harsh realities of life. The competition ...

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BIG ADVENTURES ... the kick-off of Alaska’s northern lights season. Most trips to the region end by September, but the fanfare continues in early October with Fat Bear Week, where the Katmai ...

Before the competition even kicked off, Fat Bear Week took a gruesome turn after a fight broke out between two bears at Alaska's Katmai ... it's a clear reminder of how big and strong and powerful ...

We got our first look at the big brown bear under conditions ... the giant king crabs found along the Alaska coast. We were living like kings and enjoying every minute, but we had allowed only a ...