Fat Bear Week began as Fat Bear Tuesday in 2014 and was expanded into Fat Bear Week in 2015. It’s a celebration of the bears’ success in bulking up and the unique ecosystem that supports them.

Fat Bear Week began as Fat Bear Tuesday in 2014 and was expanded into Fat Bear Week in 2015. It’s a celebration of the bears’ success in bulking up and the unique ecosystem that supports them.

Fat Bear Week was launched by the National Park Service in 2014 with just a single celebratory day – Fat Bear Tuesday. But the event was so successful that it became a dedicated week in 2015.

Fat Bear Week is back, and this year's contestants are a giant, fuzzy dream for the competition's 10th anniversary. The initial Monday announcement was postponed until Tuesday following a gruesome ...

It was only a matter of time before Fat Bear Week turned violent. An adult male bear named Patches killed bear 402, a female. And it was livestreamed ...

How Fat Bear Week works. The 12 brown bears are placed into a bracket, where voters decide who should advance from each matchup.Voting opens each day at 12 p.m. ET, running from Oct. 5 through Oct ...

Fat Bear Week was one of the programs that would have been halted during the shutdown. But with a stopgap funding measure in place, bear fans can now turn their attention to the voting that ...

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 ...

On Oct. 10, the 2023 Fat Bear Week Champion will be crowned and get a "hero's send-off into hibernation." Getty. A brown bear carries a fish at Katmai National Park. Related: Advertisement.

The winner of Fat Bear Week 2023 has been crowned. Grazer is a first-time champion who has successfully raised two litters of cubs; she is known for her aggressive behavior.