Fat Bear Week

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It's a Poignant Win at This Year's Fat Bear Week

Mama bear beats male bear who fatally attacked one of her cubs this summer

(Newser) - The winner of Fat Bear Week 2024 is, for the first time in the contest's history, a mama bear who was actively caring for a cub at the time of her win. Not only that, but 128 "Grazer" also won last year's competition , giving her back-to-back titles,...

Viewers 'Stunned' by Fat Bear Week's Gory Start

Contestant unveiling is delayed after one bear is killed by another in Alaska's Katmai National Park

(Newser) - Voting is scheduled to start this week for Katmai National Park & Preserve's annual Fat Bear Week , despite a grisly setback. The AP reports that the 10th annual "chunk-off"—which lets fans pick which bear in that part of the Alaska Peninsula is the plumpest after a...

It's That Time Again: Alaska's Fat Bear Week Is Upon Us

Contestants for Fat Bear Jr. contest have been announced

(Newser) - An Alaska national park's yearly celebration of the beefy, brown, and bristly is getting underway as some of the chunkiest bears on the planet fatten up for their long winter slumber. Fat Bear Week doesn't officially start at Katmai National Park and Preserve until Oct. 2, when fans...

It Was Down to Her and Chunk. She Triumphed

Grazer wins this year's Fat Bear Week

(Newser) - The bear 32 Chunk may have had a "prominent posterior" as his name might suggest, but in the end he lost the Fat Bear Week crown to a smaller female. Edging him out by more than 85,000 votes, 128 Grazer became a first-time winner on Tuesday and the...

Shutdown Could Hit Fat Bear Week
Shutdown Could Hit
Fat Bear Week
Sep 29, 2023 4:05 PM CDT

Shutdown Could Hit Fat Bear Week

Voting will continue, but National Park Service won't be able to provide updates

(Newser) - If a government shutdown happens, it could lead to not only furloughed workers and shuttered national parks, but it might mess up a popular contest for wildlife lovers, reports ABC News . If continued funding for the government isn't approved by midnight on Saturday, the National Park Service won't...

Fat Bear Week Champ Is a 'Giant Among Bears'

'Bear Force One' claims second title after attempt to cheat vote was thwarted

(Newser) - After an unusually dramatic voting process, Bear 747, aka Bear Force One, has been crowned the winner of this year's Fat Bear Week, a contest held as the bears in Alaska's Ketmai National Park pack on the pounds as hibernation approaches. The male bear, believed to be one...

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