A highlight is witnessing them “go beast mode on the millions of sockeye salmon that run from Bristol Bay down the Brooks River,” as my colleague Natalie B. Compton put it. Fat Bear Week has ...

The bears feast on salmon swimming upstream to spawn as preparation ... record for the amount of votes cast, 1,382,783, during Fat Bear Week, park officials posted on social media.

What is Fat Bear Week? Everything to know about the big, beefy event. He started this season with a ripped ear and a hangdog expression. But after a summer of gorging on salmon, he has ballooned ...

The known record is "42 salmon in 5 1/2 hours," Boak said ... For the younger bears, a Fat Bear Junior contest precedes Fat Bear Week, giving cubs a chance to strut their stuff.

And Fat Bear Week’s success relies on the health of the bears’ environment. More than 50 million salmon moved into freshwater at Bristol Bay this year, Fitz said. “All of this revolves aroun ...

Fat Bear Week graces the social media feeds of hundreds ... It is one of the largest and healthiest salmon runs left on the planet,” she said.

“Fat Bear Week satisfies your hunger for bears, salmon, and the other wonders of Katmai,” said Katmai National Park Superintendent Mark Sturm “all with one bite." After a summerlong ...

Fat Bear Week was one of the programs that would have ... The contest is fun way to highlight the rhythm of life for bears foraging on the salmon of the Brooks and other rivers and streams at ...

Credit: NPS Photo / N. Boak Welcome to Fat Bear Week 2023! Katmai National Park and Preserve’s brown bears spent the summer gorging on 4,500-calorie salmon, and they've transformed into rotund ...

WASHINGTON — Despite a barrage of last-minute voter fraud, Fat Bear Week has come to an end with ... National Park stuffing themselves with salmon as they bulk up for the pending hibernation ...

In southwest Alaska, the bulky brown titans wandering around with bellies full of salmon can only mean one thing: Fat Bear Week is here. Late summer and early fall at Katmai National Park and ...