Katmai National Park and Preserve is a natural park and wild reserve of the United States in the south of Alaska, known ...

The Novarupta-Katmai Eruption of 1912, one of the largest ever recorded, created the Katmai caldera and the Valley of the 10,000 Smokes, Judy Fierstein, a research geologist with the U.S. Geological ...

The lighthearted pre-hibernation competition between the massive bears of Alaska's Katmai Park starts on Oct. 4 Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at ...

A pilot and three passengers were seriously injured this weekend in a floatplane crash in Katmai National Park, according to authorities. Clint Johnson, the Alaska chief of the National Transportation ...

Soar above the volcanic and wildlife-rich wilderness of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska with this breathtaking ...

Fat Bear Week 2025 is upon us, and the burliest bears of Katmai National Park have been working hard all season to chonk up for the annual competition, with the lineup of competitors dropping today, ...

The chunkiest challenge of the year is here — Fat Bear Week. Fat Bear Week began on Sept. 23. Each year, the burly bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska capture global attention in a ...

Fat Bear Week is an annual competition where fans vote for the fattest bear at Katmai National Park and Preserve. The event runs from Sept. 23 to Sept. 30, with daily voting on the explore.org website ...

Fat Bear Week is back at Alaska's Katmai National Park, an event where people will have a chance to vote for their favorite chunky brown bears beginning Sept. 23. For the past 11 years, fans of Fat ...