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 ...

Oct. 2 (UPI) --Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska kicked off its annual Fat bear Week, with 12 corpulent bears competing to pack on the pounds and earn the public's favor. The park ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Voting in Fat Bear Week, a beloved competition hosted by the National Park Service in Alaska, began on Wednesday following postponement due to a deadly fight in which one ...

An Alaska national park’s yearly celebration ... bears on the planet fatten up for their long winter slumber. Fat Bear Week doesn’t officially start at Katmai National Park and Preserve ...

Alaska on Sept. 14, 2023. Last year, Grazer's cub was attacked by Chuck and died. More F. Jimenez/National Park Service/AP Fat Bear Week officially begins on October 2, when the public can vote ...

The deadly fight took place around 9:30 a.m. in Alaska, as organizers prepared to kick off Fat Bear Week, the competition that lets fans crown the bear who successfully added the most weight as ...

Fat Bear Week, which the park service calls "an annual ... areas or up to 500 pounds in interior areas, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and they can be 30% to 50% larger ...

Fat Bear Week, which the park service calls "an annual ... areas or up to 500 pounds in interior areas, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and they can be 30% to 50% larger ...

Let the chunk-off begin.Voting starts 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 ...