Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A deer has to avoid a lot of threats to its life to get old in the wild like this buck has. The oldest wild whitetail ever ...

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Update, September 29, 2026, 9:03pm EDT: Bear #89 (Backpack) has won Fat Bear Week 2026, beating out the Bear #910. Backpack, a 20.5-year-old beefy boy, barely edged out the Dancing Queen to claim the ...

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The big boys battle and two sisters go head-to-head in Round 2 of Fat Bear Week voting. Ace fisherbear #164 (Bucky Dent) managed to dethrone 2025 champ Bear #32 (Chunk) in Round 1 and will now face ...

An unlikely family begins when a dog meets a baby deer and takes her under his wing. Instead of treating the tiny newcomer like a wild animal, he becomes a protective parental figure, helping raise ...

Alaskan brown bear Backpack overcame a serious leg injury as a cub before becoming a familiar presence at Brooks Falls Angelique Brenes is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2026. Her ...

The winner of Fat Bear Week 2026 is … Backpack! The people voted him the chonkiest chunk at Katmai National Park this season. He’s the son of former 2019 winner, Holly. Congrats, Backpack! Image via ...

After a week of fierce competition, Backpack emerged victorious as Fat Bear Week champion, the heftiest bear of Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve, the AP reports. The nonprofit running the ...

A driver in Japan had a terrifying encounter with a brown bear and its cub near a bear habitat. It happened near a bear habitat in Hokkaido Prefecture, NHK News reported. Just seconds after the driver ...