The Latest Breaking News from Fat Bear Week

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

Fat Bear Week winner is crowned

Grazer is said to be ‘thicker than a bowl of oatmeal’

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2023

An empty-nest mama bear just won Fat Bear Week

Like an ursine Sarah Connor, Grazer is one tough mother. She preemptively attacks huge males that might threaten her offspring. And she's focused on the future, eating all the salmon she can catch.

WEKU · Oct 11, 2023

Fat Bear Week could be postponed if the government shuts down

The looming government shutdown threatens to claw its way into a crowd-pleasing Alaska tradition: Fat Bear Week

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2023

Alaska's popular Fat Bear Week could be postponed if the government shuts down

The looming government shutdown threatens to claw its way into a crowd-pleasing Alaska tradition: Fat Bear Week

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023

Fat Bear Week 2023: Here’s how to vote for your favourite chunky bear

Fat Bear Week begins on 4 October and ends on 10 October, when the fattest bear at Katmai National Park and Preserve will be crowned

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2023

Fat Bear Week 2023: Alaska national park prepares to crown its fattest bear before hibernation

Fat Bear Week begins on 4 October and ends on 10 October, when the fattest bear at Katmai National Park and Preserve will be crowned

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2023

From hangry to chonky: Fat Bear Week is coming

There can be only one — and they shall be rotund. The brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska have been plumping themselves up, to prepare for a new hibernation season.

WEKU · Sep 21, 2023

Massive relief as ‘King Otis’ the brown bear is alive and well

Fans of the world-famous brown bears on Alaska’s Brooks River are breathing a sigh of relief as their beloved Otis is alive and seemingly well.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 27, 2023

Fat Bear Week winner finally crowned after contest rocked by voter fraud scandal

Officials say they managed to identify 9,000 fake votes cast in the annual competition, which sees bears at Katmai National Park unwittingly compete to put on the most weight

Daily Mirror · Oct 12, 2022