Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Fat Bear Week competition has grown exponentially since it started as a Facebook vote in 2014. “It's positive, it's a ...

A brown bear is catching salmon at the Brooks River waterfall, Katmai National Park, Alaska. Fat Bear Week 2025 kicks off with Fat Bear Junior on September 18, giving everyone a chance to crown the ...

From Sept. 23 to 30, voters from more than 100 countries all came together to vote on a pressing issue: who’s the fattest brown bear at Brooks River in Katmai National Park, Alaska? In a March Madness ...

Fat Bear Week, when people get to pick their favorite Alaskan brown bear bulking up for hibernation, is coming early this year. The annual online competition that normally starts in early October will ...

ALASKA, USA — It's time for Alaska's most adorably adipose animals to duke it out for the title of 2025's fattest bear. Fat Bear Week, the wildly popular online voting contest that has captivated ...

The bracket for Fat Bear Week 2025 has been revealed, and 12 bears at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska are looking for votes from all over the world — but only one will be crowned 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.