The Brooks Camp at Katmai National Park and Preserve will operate at 100% capacity this season for the first time since the pandemic began. Tourists from around the world travel to Katmai in eastern ...

Fat Bear Week 2025 is upon us, and the burliest bears of Katmai National Park have been working hard all season to chonk up for the annual competition, with the lineup of competitors dropping today, ...

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 National Park and Preserve in Alaska capture global attention in a ...

Move over Shark Week, Fat Bear Week is here, and it’s got more to love. Alaska’s Katmai National Park & Reserve has announced the bracket for its fifth annual “Fattest Bear” of Brooks River ...

Authorities are investigating the crash of a small float plane in Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve over the weekend that sent all four occupants, including the pilot, to the hospital.

It's almost time to vote for your favorite big bear of Brooks River! Katmai National Park's Fat Bear Week — an annual celebration of wild bears putting on weight to prepare for hibernation — kicks off ...

Proposed changes to Katmai National Park will affect how visitors navigate the grounds of the Brooks River Corridor, a popular spot for observing bears. The park wants to establish permits to allow ...

Katmai, in southern Alaska, is one of the few places where you can safely get up close and personal with a brown bear while it’s feeding—a life-list event says our 62 Parks Traveler about the 38th ...

The annual competition features brown bears in Alaska who have been eating extra to prepare for hibernation — and you can vote for your favorites now It's that time of year — Fat Bear Week! On ...

Animal lovers can vote for their favorite chunky bear at Alaska's Katmai National Park until Oct. 5, after which Fat Bear Week's winner will be announced Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE ...

It's the happiest time of the year — Fat Bear Week! This year's event takes place from Sept. 23-30, and Mashable will be following all the ursine activity. Katmai National Park and Preserve’s brown ...