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Livestreams and a yearly contest have popularized an Alaska national park that offers visitors and internet viewers a unique ...
Fat Bear Week 2023, the ninth-annual edition of a "March madness-style" bracket competition that pits the fattest brown bears at Katmai National Park in Alaska against each other, is set to begin ...
Many people will never get to see Katmai National Park and Preserve's iconic brown bears in person. It's not easy to get to their home on the Alaska Peninsula, and fewer than 25,000 visitors made ...
Archeologists and rangers were stumped by mystery bones in Katmai National Park & Preserve in Alaska, photos show. Then they discovered animal it came from.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to former ranger Mike Fitz about Katmai National Park & Preserve - the glorious setting for a very popular National Parks Service event, "Fat Bear Week." ...
Greetings from Katmai National Park & Preserve. I've never been to the park, but I've watched the bear webcam for years, and the rangers have been so informative. I never imagined I'd have the ...
Archeologists and rangers were stumped by mystery bones in Katmai National Park & Preserve in Alaska, photos show. Then they discovered animal it came from.
Archeologists and rangers were stumped by mystery bones in Katmai National Park & Preserve in Alaska, photos show. Then they discovered animal it came from.
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 giants, some over 1,000 pounds.
Mike Fitz, a former park ranger at Katmai National Park and the founder of Fat Bear Week, used to keep “a facade of neutrality.” Now he’s naming names. By Remy Tumin The first time Mike Fitz ...