Fat Bear Week has returned, but the grisly nature of bears has brought it to a pause. A male bear, with the identification number 469 and referred to as "Patches," killed a female bear ...

We’re big fans of Fat Bear Week, the lighthearted annual bracket where fans of fat bears get to vote on the fattest of them all, here at The A.V. Club.

Alaska’s annual Fat Bear Week contest got off to a delayed start because a female participant known as Bear 402, was killed by a male during a livestreamed fight. Cameras set up in the park to ...

Before the competition even kicked off, Fat Bear Week took a gruesome turn after a fight broke out between two bears at Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve, competition officials said ...

Bear 747 at Katmai National Park in Alaska on September 26, 2024. Alaska's Fat Bear Week is underway after one bear's death delayed the contest. E. Johnston/National Park Service via AP Match Number 1 ...

Fat Bear Week is off to a violent start this year. The bracket and all the chunky contestants were scheduled to be revealed on Monday morning, but the reveal was pushed back by a day after one ...

The contestants for 2024’s Fat Bear Week contest were revealed Tuesday night, but only after a deadly bear-on-bear attack at Alaska’s Katmai National Park on Monday delayed the announcement.

128 Grazer 2023 Fat Bear Week champion. Highly defensive mother who delivered two first year cubs in 2024. In July, one of Grazer's cubs died after injured by 32 Chunk. Grazer showed courage when ...

He was always smarter than the average bear, but now he won’t even give me a, “Hey, Boo-Boo.” I told him it doesn’t matter what he looks like, that he’s beautiful on the inside and out.

That cub later died from its injuries, Explore.org and Katmai said. The surviving cub, called 128’s Spring Cub, was a contender in the 2024 Fat Bear Junior contest held in late September.

Fat Bear Week is officially underway. The 10th annual contest will determine 2024’s best hefty hibernator currently chowing down on salmon in Alaska’s Katmai National Park.