Brown bears in the Brooks River in Katmai National Park and Preserve. There are certain scenes in the unofficial wildlife photography hall of fame—shots that both amateurs and professionals around the ...

Bear fans worldwide can watch the bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve bulk up on salmon and vote for their favorite starting Sept. 23 Candice Rusch Fat Bear Week is back, accepting votes Sept.

Way up north in Alaska, Katmai National Park protects a vast landscape (over 4 million acres!) of volcanoes, tundra, lakes ...

Fat Bear Week is an annual competition where fans vote for the fattest bear at Katmai National Park and Preserve. The event runs from Sept. 23 to Sept. 30, with daily voting on the explore.org website ...

The much-loved contest pits the brown bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park & Preserve against each other as they bulk up for winter hibernation. The US National Park Service (NPS) launched this ...

Witness the untamed beauty of Katmai National Park, where powerful brown bears fish for salmon along Alaska’s remote rivers ...

Fat Bear Week 2025 has crowned its winner! On Tuesday, Sept. 30, voting in the 2025 Fat Bear Week competition concluded. The final match-up in the single-elimination, bracket-style contest came down ...