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 ...

That's right. Fat Bear Week is back. The internet-famous competition is here yet again with 12 contenders vying for the title of Fat Bear Champion. Who will emerge as the heftiest, stockiest and ...

It's time for the annual celebration of the huskiest chunksters at Katmai National Park in Alaska. Lake Taylor defeated Booker T. Washington 59-50 while Cape Henry downed Norfolk Academy 57-40 in ...

A generously girthed brown bear by the name of 480 Otis is again the winner of Fat Bear Week, the fourth time this ursine wonder has claimed the crown. The portly veteran -- who was also champion ...

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Shannon Aulabaugh, a spokesperson for the Open Space and Mountain Parks department, says most of the time wildlife pass the camera without stopping. For whatever reason, this bear paused for an ...

There's good reason to celebrate all the fat bears featured during Fat Bear Week at Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve. Disney said Tuesday that Walt Disney World Resort theme parks and ...

Securing a permit to hike in national parks or well-protected preserves can be difficult. But it’s not impossible. Here’s how ...

A group of revolutionary chefs in the Arctic and subarctic have joined forces to celebrate indigenous culture by developing a new kind of cuisine using traditional ingredients.

A rare polar bear attack in Wales, Alaska, highlights how melting ice is pushing the Arctic carnivores out of their habitat.