After a week of fierce competition, Backpack emerged victorious as Fat Bear Week champion, the heftiest bear of Alaska’s ...

The annual Fat Bear Week crowned its winner Tuesday, and this year’s champion was one seriously chonky bear.

NATIONAL (KRQE) – It is that time of the year again. The leaves are starting to change colors, the air is crisp and the bears are fat. Fat Bear Week is back, and starting Tuesday, the biggest Alaskan ...

Happy Fat Bear Week! A week where people all over the world get to vote for their favorite fat brown bear in North America.

Alaska's brown bears are once again gathering at Katmai National Park for salmon season. Each summer, as salmon return to spawn, dozens of brown bears head to rivers and waterfalls throughout the park ...

Alaska’s Fat Bear Week online competition is back for 2026, with last year’s champion Chunk set to return for this year’s ...

Eating salmon has paid off for “Backpack.” In Alaska, the brown bear was crowned the winner of the “Fat Bear” competition. This curious title also has a serious side to it.

Online voting is now open to crown Alaska's top heavyweight brown bear. Sixteen bears are facing off in a single-elimination tournament. (AP Photo) ...

A March Madness-style bracket competition to identify the fattest bear is under way the National Park Service in Alaska, and you can help choose. Thousands of people will vote on in head-to-head ...

Biologists in Alaska located a brown bear believed to have broken into several garages and vehicles and even attempted to ...

A mountain biker was attacked by a brown bear while out trail riding on Saturday, June 13, 2026. According to Alaska Fish and Game biologist Cory Stantorf, the man was riding Dome Trail near ...

Backpack, an adult male brown bear known for his gentle nature, was crowned the winner of Katmai National Park and Preserve’s ...