{"id":785418,"date":"2026-09-28T15:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/785418\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:56:07","slug":"fat-bear-week-2026-has-finally-arrived-heres-what-to-know-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/785418\/","title":{"rendered":"Fat Bear Week 2026 has finally arrived. Here\u2019s what to know &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxNbUxlWHl3a1NHdlNlYmU0OEh6WS1MZDdJMElGTEJlU1A1aVhfQURub3FhMXptR2U1MnUzZ3JYSWN5Y2NUbG9aMkd1dlFnNlVmY0dESFdrRzdyS29DNm9mSnVDQzVtUy1iZldZX1VSNE9uZkM4NU9Id1plTDB1TTU3WWdnM2RZSUdSWjd3YUJ6X2o5aUxE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fat Bear Week 2026 has finally arrived. Here\u2019s what to know<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxPR1NnYUNNbUtuRzFyem1xUjdpeFV6RWlUUGl4M09YTGw2bGdYbC1RaUtaWGlEOHpzdHBJUWcwTVc1Qzl6OThUb2VDX1ZabjRjU1ZCYjhPdDhGRlAzYVRJdE1XWE9oNnQ4UDg1cktBWHJ3QXdVYm9PLUdmZmZaMW01cnlfWVJPa0E3S1F2WC10QmlpdlNNMXBRanMtSl93WWlvRmhEcnBtcWtkYzJCaHRMSFI0X1NicnExMUdLekhzSnJFVzA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">12 Fat Bear Week Finalists In Photos\u2014Champion \u2018Chunk\u2019 Faces Challengers<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Forbes<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidEFVX3lxTE9fa09PWjVYSk82SnBfaXdUdDNrcDAzWGhRbmQzbWVHbUZiLWNHTFBkZ3N0V3dvd3lmVDhYVlMxRjlBa1QwR25RT0RteFFwbHJzTVkxemE5dEFJVXlUdWZGV01HWWVBUUQxMVpBV0RFYXpSN2pQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fat Bear Week Is Back. Meet Some of Our Favorite Contenders.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXkFVX3lxTE4xZUxaNG5hcDBmcWRhbF9mb2pXaG0wNjNxUnZWbGNCWDZfT3BNQkthYlo2N0dadjE5aEFJMzVXdHdPTlR1TjEzM0dSOS1jNEFqbWNjSndSeXFJV29PWUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fat Bear Week returns as Alaska&#8217;s biggest bears compete for the crown<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Euronews.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMid0FVX3lxTE1ZTDByZnRneXlOZ2txbDBPRWFTZ0hJMmFubWVQZDVtVXNmbEVvbWFiV0tnMkxTRlNiMmtaWTdrV1BkZTRnMXJ3RHZrcUxQMnRtUXh2RnNBaFgwaEZlcllac1o2NHZYb2F0U3pfTElVcmM1U0NGRGhv?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fat Bear Week should be every week<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Salon.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fat Bear Week 2026 has finally arrived. Here\u2019s what to know&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent12 Fat Bear Week Finalists In Photos\u2014Champion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-785418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}