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Katmai Conservancy’s Fat Bear Week 2026 Had No Shortage Of Magnificently Round Contenders (16 Pics)

Fat Bear Week 2026 has crowned Bear 89 Backpack as its champion after another season of impressive transformations at Katmai National Park. The annual competition celebrates the brown bears that successfully bulk up for winter, and while the official voting is over, readers can still pick their own favorite from…

Bored Panda · 14h ago

Alaska’s Fat Bear Week is more than a bit of fun – for the animals, size is a matter of survival

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 one-day celebration, has since grown into a phenomenon among bear enthusiasts worldwide.

The Conversation · Sep 25, 2025

What to know about Fat Bear Week, a competition to be the chonkiest brown bear

The brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula have been gorging all summer on an abundant sockeye salmon run

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2025

Fat Bear Week 2023: 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 · Oct 5, 2023

Ursus rotundus: contenders compete in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week

Public to vote in annual contest organized by Katmai national park to see which bear looks to have put on most pre-hibernation weight

The Guardian - US · Oct 3, 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