Get your popcorn (and maybe a plate of salmon sashimi) ready: Fat Bear Week, the annual competition to crown the rotundest brown bear at Alaska’s Katmai National Park, is back for its 2025 season.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The chunkiest challenge of the year is here — Fat Bear Week. Fat Bear Week began on Sept. 23. Each year, the burly bears of Katmai ...

Fat Bear Week is officially back, and we animal lovers couldn't be more excited! Not only is this a fun and adorable competition filled with fluff and fur, but it’s also a time for people to see the ...

From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by producer Aynsley O’Neill with Mike Fitz, the creator of Fat Bear Week. Every year, Katmai ...

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 ...

It is Fat Bear Week at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Every fall, the online competition celebrates how fat the bears have gotten in preparation for months of hibernation. As Alaska ...