The contenders for this year's Fat Bear Week were not revealed Monday as planned, after a skirmish between two Alaskan grizzlies in Katmai National Park led to the death of one of the animals.

Before the competition even kicked off, Fat Bear Week took a gruesome turn after a fight broke out between two bears at Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve, competition officials said Monday.

The bracket for 2024’s Fat Bear Week contest was revealed Tuesday night, but only after a deadly bear-on-bear attack at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve on Monday delayed the unveiling.

The pinkish-red in the trees leading through the windy mountain road could easily be ... but a weekend trip to Big Bear revealed clear, blue skies and a tourist town ready to welcome back visitors.

Fat Bear Week is back, and this year's contestants are a giant, fuzzy dream for the competition's 10th anniversary. The initial Monday announcement was postponed until Tuesday following a gruesome ...

Now that we’re back in business, everything is ready to go.” Big Bear and other mountain towns are not unfamiliar with uncertainty, regularly facing challenges that come not just with ...

Magazine. Rebecca Harding/Getty Fat Bear Week, set to announce its brackets on Monday, Sept. 30, has been delayed following a fatal fight between two Alaskan grizzlies in Katmai National Park.

A beloved California black bear was tragically put down after taking a swipe at a camper recording him approach from atop a tree stump. On the night of August 22, 2024, a well-known black bear ...

Light was fading on the evening of Aug. 21 at Coldwater Campground in the Lakes Basin near Mammoth, as embers burned in a metal fire pit and a lantern glowed on a picnic table. It seemed to be another ...

Big Bear's popular Oktoberfest is underway, though the continued closure of State Route 330 means travelers have to use one of three alternative routes.

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