Fat Bear Week doesn’t officially start at Katmai National Park and Preserve until Oct. 2, when fans can begin voting online for their favorite ursine behemoths in tournament-style brackets.

“A mama bear known as ‘Brett’ gave her cubs a ride across the river in Alaska’s iconic Katmai National Park and Preserve.

But in Alaska, the start of October can only mean one thing: Fat Bear Week. At Katmai National Park and Preserve, the brown bears have been steadily eating salmon to prepare for their months-long ...

The annual contest hosted by Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska features a March Madness-style bracket of bears where people ... post “transformation” photos of the contestants ...