Chunk, a contender in this year's Fat Bear Week celebration at Katmai National Park and Preserve. (From National Park Service) Over the last several months, brown bears have been putting on pounds at ...

KING SALMON, Alaska -- A man who was caught on camera wading into a river full of feeding bears to snap a selfie could soon face charges, according to the National Park Service. The man was part of a ...

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 ...

Colorado's Peter Ridgeway worked for the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska for several years. He recalls one of the job's most memorable moments – a day in the field near Hoonah, in Southeast. "I remember ...

Spring is for skinny bears and March Madness basketball. Fall, however, is for fat bears -- and for Katmai National Park & Preserve's annual Fat Bear Week and its accompanying tournament of crowning a ...

Fat Bear Week is back at Alaska's Katmai National Park, an event where people will have a chance to vote for their favorite chunky brown bears beginning Sept. 23. For the past 11 years, fans of Fat ...

Fat Bear Week, the National Park Service’s official celebration of the fattest bears around, is getting its own unofficial board game. Tabletop publisher Osprey Games announced the upcoming release ...