Fat Bear Week champions over the years ... in brown bears," officials wrote on the contest website. Perhaps the 2024 winner will mate, produce another cub and hit a trifecta next year.

But only one can take the crown and be named the 2024 Fat Bear Week Champion ... and a handful have their own nicknames. In 2022, the winner of Fat Bear Week was Bear 747 (Bear Force One ...

Voting started Wednesday in the annual Fat ... Bear 909 Jr., who last week won the Fat Bear Junior competition for the second time, will face Bear 519, a young female, in the first round. The ...