Organizers at Katmai National Park, Alaska have revealed the four cubs competing in this year's Fat Bear Jr. contest. This year's competition includes some familiar faces: both the 2022 and 2023 ...

Colorado's Peter Ridgeway worked for the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska for several years. He recalls one of the job's most memorable moments – a day in the field near Hoonah, in Southeast. "I remember ...

Voting in Katmai National Park's famed Fat Bear Week was underway Wednesday after a bear killed one of this year's competitors and delayed the bracket reveal by a day. Bear #469 attacked and killed ...

Who’s the beefiest bear cub in Alaska? As the bears fatten themselves up before their long winter sleep, one Alaska national park is preparing for its annual “Fat Bear Week” contest with a junior ...

KING SALMON, Alaska -- A man who was caught on camera wading into a river full of feeding bears to snap a selfie could soon face charges, according to the National Park Service. The man was part of a ...

An Alaska national park’s yearly celebration of the beefy, brown and bristly is getting underway as some of the chunkiest bears on the planet fatten up for their long winter slumber. In this photo ...

ALASKA, USA — The bears are back, and they are absolutely massive. Alaska's Brooks River is once again hosting nature's most delightfully chunky competition as Fat Bear Week returns for its 11th year ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An enormous boar, 747 was first identified as a few years old in 2004. Related: Brown Bear Kills a Sow in NPS Livestream, ...

Let the chunk-off begin. Voting started Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, with viewers picking their favorite among a dozen brown bears ...