Fat Bear season officially kicks off today with live cam

[jmyrlefuller]

https://www.popsci.com/environment/fat-bear-week-live-cam/

by Laura Basias
June 23, 2026

Bear enthusiasts, rejoice. The bear cam livestream officially returns today for the 2026 season. The cameras along the Brooks River and at Brook Falls in Alaska’s Katmai National Park put the park’s famous brown bears (Ursus arctos) front and center, as they dig into their summer salmon feast.

Are these the same bears from Fat Bear Week? Yes! Every September, Katmai hosts a bracket style tournament where the public can vote online to crown Katmai’s fattest bear of the year.

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The titular Fat Bear Cam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ZrIDvqlic

[mountaineer]

I may have to tune out politics for a while, and watch bears instead. 

[bigheadfred]