In the end, one bear is crowned the Fat Bear Week champion. This week’s event will take place from October 2-8. Every day ...

Fat Bear Week truly allows us to celebrate our bears and the Katmai ecosystem overall,” said Lian Law, a visual information specialist at Katmai. It’s Oct. 2 to Oct. 8 this year — which ...

When scientists first identified 747 in 2005, he was a subadult between 2.5 and 5.5 years old ... blocky muzzle. Fat Bear Week is an online competition hosted by the Katmai National Park and ...

The 2022 edition of Fat Bear Week was unlike any other, and even with a voting scandal, 747 was crowned this year's champion of chonk – the bear's second title in three years. The weeklong ...

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 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 ...

But only one can take the crown and be named the 2024 Fat Bear Week Champion. If you’d just spent around half a year sleeping and dozing in a comfy den, without any food, eating would be pretty ...

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