While other bears battled over fish in a prime spot, Otis would sit off to the side and wait for the fish to come to him. But so far this year, he hasn’t been spotted in Katmai National Park and Prese

Alaska's Fat Bear Week is underway after one bear's death delayed the contest. The contestants in the 10th Fat Bear Week at Katmai National Park and Preserve were introduced on Tuesday, a day later than expected after a female bear known as Bear 402 was killed by a male bear during a fight on Monday.

Voting started Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, with viewers picking their favorite among a dozen brown bears fattened up to survive the winter.

Alaska’s annual Fat Bear Week contest got off to a delayed start because a female participant known as Bear 402, was killed by a male during a livestreamed fight.

The start of the annual Fat Bear Week contest in the US was delayed this week after one of the potential contestants was killed by a rival.

Alaska's brown bears are putting the finishing touches on their winter bodies as one of the internet's favourite animal-themed polls returns. For one week, Katmai Park's portly residents will go head-to-head in pursuit of the title of fattest bear.