A mother bear and two cubs in Brooks River, where brown bears living in Katmai National Park and Preserve are entered into a tournament celebrating bears that have put on pounds to survive the winter.
C. Loberg/NPS
C. Loberg/NPS
The brown bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, famous for embiggening themselves by feasting on salmon in the park’s scenic Brooks River, are ready for their annual closeup. The 2026 Fat Bear
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