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Fat Bear Week has returned – and the salmon are swimming for their lives

The public will, for the 12th year in a row, vote for the fattest of brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai national park

The Guardian - US · Sep 18

Gorging on bearcam: the livestream of big beasts eating that draws millions

Ahead of Fat Bear Week, avid fans are glued to the spectacle of brown bears devouring salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16

Chunk, a 540kg bear with a broken jaw, wins Alaska’s popular Fat Bear Week competition

Voters follow 12 bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve on live webcams and cast ballots in a bracket-style, single-elimination tournament that lasts a week.

Euronews · Oct 1, 2025

As Fat Bear Week nears, Chunk shows why this could be his year

Footage shows the massive brown bear struggling "to haul his large caboose up a hill" as fans get ready to vote for their favorite bruins.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 14, 2024

Famous brown bear ‘Chunk’ given the slip during courtship attempt

Footage shows the female bear taking an extreme measure to avoid contact with the larger bear at Brooks Falls in Alaska.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 29, 2024

Watch: Famous ‘Shower Bear’ in top salmon-catching form again

The brown bears of Alaska’s Katmai National Park are fresh out of hibernation and resuming their creative fishing techniques at Brooks Falls.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 8, 2024

They logged on to watch the famous fat brown bears. They saved a hiker's life instead

Viewers of the Katmai National Park bear cameras caught more excitement than they may have hoped for last Tuesday when a hiker wandered into view, mouthing the words "help me."

WEKU · Sep 12, 2023

Lost hiker rescued from remote Alaska after pleading ‘help me’ into bear camera

The hiker became lost during a period of thick fog on Dumpling Mountain in Katmai National Park last Tuesday

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

Bear camera helps lead to rescue of distressed hiker

Hiker rescued from Alaska’s Katmai National Park after eagle-eyed viewers spotted him on livestream

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2023

‘Help me’: fans watching bear camera help save Alaska hiker’s life

Wildlife enthusiasts watching live feed from remote national park spot hiker in distress and alert authorities to rescue him

The Guardian - US · Sep 9, 2023