Villagers in Tibet, China, were stunned by a strange sight in early September: alarmed by noises coming from a remote landfill site, onlookers were shocked to discover around 40 brown bears scavenging ...

Chunk, a 1,200-pound behemoth with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after finishing in second place three previous years ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly ...

With Fat Bear Week—our highest of holidays honoring husky brown bears preparing for hibernation— finally upon us, many of us ursid admirers dream of Alaskan brown bears gorging on salmon with a ...

It is Fat Bear Week in Alaska. The popular competition lets anyone vote on which of the animals is most prepared for winter. By Madison Malone Kircher College basketball has March Madness. Alaska has ...

SIMSBURY, CT (WFSB) - A bear went inside a home in Simsbury on Sunday evening, according to the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection. According to DEEP, the bear got in, took food, and left ...

Fat Bear Week marks the beginning of fall and the launch of voting brackets to crown the plumpest ursine ahead of hibernation. The annual competition, held by the National Park Service (NPS), begins ...

Fat Bear Week 2025 is upon us, and the burliest bears of Katmai National Park have been working hard all season to chonk up for the annual competition, with the lineup of competitors dropping today, ...

ALASKA (WNDU) - Winter is coming, so you know what that means… Fat Bear Week is back! Fat Bear Week is where people vote on the fattest Alaskan brown bears in Katmai National Park who are bulking up ...

It’s Fat Bear Week, and the brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park are getting ready for hibernation. That means eating salmon. Lots of salmon. You can watch a live feed of the bears in the ...