Many people couldn’t point out Katmai National Park and Preserve on a map, but they’ve probably heard of it burly residents. Each fall, Katmai hosts Fat Bear Week, a beloved celebration of the ...

Katmai National Park’s 4-million acres is home to one of the world’s largest brown bear populations. Explore the top things to see and do and other things to know before you go.

Roughly 2,200 brown bears are estimated to live in Katmai National Park and Preserve, which at 4.1 million acres, is larger than Yellowstone and Yosemite combined, Moore notes.

Fat Bear Week was launched by the National Park Service in 2014 with just a single celebratory day – Fat Bear Tuesday. But the event was so successful that it became a dedicated week in 2015.

Animal lovers can vote for their favorite chunky bear at Alaska's Katmai National Park until Oct. 5, after which Fat Bear Week's winner will be announced Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for ...

Park story from Katmai National Park & PreserveImagine walking within 20 feet of a Brown Bear, one of the most powerful, amazing examples of “charismatic megafauna” around…and fearlessly dropping to ...

The Katmai National Park and Preserve wants to build a new viewing platform on the Research Bay Overlook Trail. During the summer, a Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes bus tour runs daily.

In this July 4, 2013, file photo, a brown bear walks to a sandbar to eat a salmon it had just caught at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park and Preserve. (AP File Photo/Mark Thiessen, File) ...

Katmai National Park and Preserve is proposing a fee increase for overnight camping at its Brooks Campground for the 2023 camping season. Increased revenue from campground fees will enable the ...

Katmai National Park’s 4-million acres is home to one of the world’s largest brown bear populations. Explore the top things to see and do and other things to know before you go.

Park story from Katmai National Park & PreserveJust over two years ago, my boyfriend (Andrew) and I were in the midst of planning a trip to Alaska to view grizzly bears in the wild at Katmai National ...