Every fall and winter, headlines are filled with stories about bears—attacks on humans, raids on garbage cans, and threats to ...

Living close to humans doesn’t just change landscapes—it can also change animals themselves. A new genetic study shows that ...

Brown bears living close to Italian villages have quietly rewritten the usual script of human–wildlife conflict. Over ...

It’s Fat Bear Week, and the brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park are getting ready for hibernation. That means eating salmon. Lots of salmon. You can watch a live feed of the bears in the ...

ALASKA (WNDU) - Winter is coming, so you know what that means… Fat Bear Week is back! Fat Bear Week is where people vote on the fattest Alaskan brown bears in Katmai National Park who are bulking up ...

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 ...

A brown bear is catching salmon at the Brooks River waterfall, Katmai National Park, Alaska. Fat Bear Week 2025 kicks off with Fat Bear Junior on September 18, giving everyone a chance to crown the ...

Brown bears at Katmai National Park in Alaska compete in the annual Fat Bear Week contest after a summer of eating salmon. The public votes online in a single-elimination tournament for the bear they ...

Fat Bear Week is back at Katmai National Park and Preserve. The March Madness-style bracket competition pits some of Katmai National Park and Preserve's bulkiest and most beloved brown bears against ...