This all too often overlooked Nation Park in Alaska lets you get as up close and personal with brown bears as is humanly safe ...

Alaskan bears will duke it out for the title of bulkiest bear around later this month when “Fat Bear Week” kicks off in the state’s Katmai National Park for the 11th year in a row. The National Park ...

ALASKA, USA — The bears are back, and they are absolutely massive. Alaska's Brooks River is once again hosting nature's most delightfully chunky competition as Fat Bear Week returns for its 11th year ...

Fat Bear Week is back, and fans can once again vote for Alaska’s chubbiest bear. The March Madness-style bracket contest is hosted by explore.org and Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, home ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The brawny bruins on the Alaska Peninsula are ready to brawl it out to see which will win this year’s fattest bear title in the wildly popular annual online voting contest known as ...

KATMAI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska (AP) – Stars snarling at each other, mate swapping, dominant males posturing and establishing their territory. It’s not quite “Jersey Shore,” but these are ...

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 ...

In this June 2013 photo, a camera set up shows Brooks Camp in Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. The stars in the show are the bears and they will be coming to a small screen near you with ...