{"id":609087,"date":"2026-09-23T09:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T09:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/609087\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T09:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T09:44:13","slug":"fat-bear-week-returns-as-alaskas-brown-bears-battle-for-heavyweight-title-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/609087\/","title":{"rendered":"Fat Bear Week returns as Alaska\u2019s brown bears battle for heavyweight title &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxOdGlWN1lNRGlwamNHV2k4ZnFLbGxjQjRNQ3J6clF4OFdZaG44Vkxxdmo3aVJkb1I5Q1FKcXlyT3ZxYjFPZTBFdUpfNl9OZzl5b293U0J4MHNFcWlmSk9BMC1va0NPUFBPeVlEem5KbWV5NW5vbWl4ZjkwOURUdzJDVmRkdUVCYk51Z2ZSVXdCUDVlWlNxX2hXUDY4Tm5kUlVnQl9RMkV6THdReVJCc1pSMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fat Bear Week returns as Alaska\u2019s brown bears battle for heavyweight title<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxQTlF5YUFLVTl0MFV6bTcyMWtKazdmSFBJU2t1Q1l5UXNxLVBXLTBPeV80LXl1aXh3RGV5eG92UHN6Qk9yWXhFYjZmMEpRZlFyX25SQ2ZtbGkzUVZrZTdTVDNWMmlPMEFvV1VNTktQZnQ5bGJzZWJNU2ZaU3FaclRVd2s3VWxQS254SVZiY2J0UE5XMUFDS0VtaDFkWjdtUk1pR0tLVlFlSE8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Voting opens in Alaska\u2019s annual Fat Bear Week<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxNMHk5LXRtQmhjeUZVbzBTU0tpR3NheWpBSlR5TmwyV0lpVmJBcTVUakZ6N2RUcEctamExQjB5YndxV1FqaWFfc3lta1l6bVE4UmtfdUNxcFhOVU9pWmdUWFRMQmxVbXhlTEVpRTZ2VDhLUEZCUjU2ZWlaa1RPOG1RRkFtTHpNZmRhMngtYTEyTldFS21LblItUHBUbmJBdmV6eHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fat Bear Week opens for Alaska\u2019s heavyweight crown. Can Chunk, the 544kg champ, win again?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMib0FVX3lxTE1mQnEzX3VDQ2VTV1pPczhDT2NOYnpzTE9ib2EtLW1IZndoWnBZWEphdWotYVM0am4xX3U2OWhZcEYyUFFDZlQ0UnNvc3hnZDFsUUsxcVBkSmlmMHlGSDhWdEJ1dnVNVFduWVpGTi1XQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Fat Bear Week 2026 bracket is here and chunkier than ever<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Popular Science<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE90aFlmN1RXZnFfRVpYNTVscUVkdzh0cFFLMlRMQVNZYzQ2dkRuSUlnRDhlUUZyOW5BMlhmY2FxcUhaMTFHQ19DWkpqT2RNX1k0bU5jak50RXF3dFVQcURIUS1HQ3l4QjhaMmJ4cUF1emFfeUtwYnpZUHRCQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alaska&#8217;s salmon-feasting bears face off in biggest Fat Bear Week ever<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fat Bear Week returns as Alaska\u2019s brown bears battle for heavyweight title&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffVoting opens in Alaska\u2019s annual Fat Bear&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[111,43,139,69,147,406],"class_list":["post-609087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}