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Welcome back, well-rounded readers! For those just joining us, we are sizing up the biggest bears of Katmai National Park, and we’re well on our way to declaring one fat winner.

Friends, babes, and bear lovers, it's Fat Bear Week, where the world decides which bear is the fattest bear - here's why it's beefy queen, Bear 901.

The votes are in, and the winner of "Fat Bear Week" is #747, gaining an impressive amount of weight over the summer season.

The park says its virtual ballot box was stuffed in Sundays semifinal, won by the mammoth 747 — who faces a young upstart female named 901 in the final.

The unusually low water level in Mississippi River is causing barges to get stuck, halting travel for shippers, boaters and cruise line passengers.

For the first time, video of a group of orcas killing a great white shark off the coast of South Africa may explain why sharks are disappearing there.

Alaskas Katmai National Park saw a flood of fake votes for fat bear contestant Holly over the weekend, but bear 747 is still clawing his way forward.

The enormous 747 withstood a challenge from 901 — a young upstart female whom the park describes as "occasionally mischievous." The park says its virtual ballot box was stuffed in Sundays semifinal.

Fat Bear Week ends on Tuesday, so you still have plenty of time to choose the winner.

The unusually low water level in Mississippi River is causing barges to get stuck, halting travel for shippers, boaters and cruise line passengers.