A bright spot in the news right now is the return of Explore's Fat Bear Week, where nature lovers get to watch the chubby Alaskan brown bears at Brooks River in Katmai National Park, Alaska, prepare ...

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 ...

ANCHORAGE — After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly popular ...

ANCHORAGE — Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after narrowly finishing in second place three previous ...

A hiker in Japan was found dead on Friday after a brown bear reportedly attacked and dragged him into the bushes. The man — believed to be in his 20s — was walking ahead of his friend along a Mount ...

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 ...