Katmai National Park ranger Sarah Bruce said it wasn’t known why the bears started fighting. The same cameras, which are set up in the park to livestream footage of the bears all summer, also captured a male bear killing a cub that slipped over the waterfall in late July. “We love t...
"Grazer has been a force this year," said Mike Fitz, a former Katmai park ranger and currently a resident naturalist for explore.org, the foundation that runs thelivestreamed bear cams. "There's an argument to be made that she is as dominant as the biggest adult males at the river."...
well, we can't go ahead with our Fat Bear Week bracket reveal without addressing this situation first," said Mike Fritz, the resident naturalist at Explore.org, in a conversation on Monday's livestream held in place of the scheduled unveiling. The 2024 Fat Bear ...
The park celebrates the success of these plump bears— which global viewers watch on the livestreamed explore.org webcams— by holding an annual Fat Bear Week contest each fall. You can vote online for the fattest bear. In Alaska's Katmai, a region with a wild and flourishing salmon run...
But on Tuesday organizers revealed the four cub contestants in this week’s Fat Bear Jr. contest— with the “chubby champ charging on to face the corpulent competition” in the adult bracket, as Naomi Boak of the nonprofit Katmai Conservancy put it during the livestreamed announcement. The ...
Even before this year’s Fat Bear Week, Holly was well-known to fans of Alaska wildlife. She has been a regular to millions of viewers who watch footage from the livestream “bear cam” at Brooks Falls that was set up and is operated by the site Explore.org. Holly was already ...
Fat Bear Week Voting for Fat Bear Week gives fans another long-awaited opportunity to root for their favorite tiny-floofs bears in this year's bracket of contestants. 'Tis the season to livestream fat bears feasting on salmon and vote for your favorites ...
Get the inside scoop on how these brown bears pack on the pounds to prepare for winter, and see before-and-after pictures of fat bears!
anticipated participant, a female known as Bear 402, was killed by a male bear during a fight on Monday. Cameras set up in the park to livestream footage of the bears all summer captured the killing, as they also captured a male bear killing a cub tha...
Ready to vote for your favorite fattened bear? Cast your vote atfatbearweek.org. A preliminary contest for Fat Bear Junior has already been held, with Bear 909 Jr. taking the top spot. The bear attack at Katmai In this screenshot from a live-streamed video, two bears in Katmai National...