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Fat Bear Week 2026 semifinals are set with 132 Family, 910, Backpack and Bucky
Fat Bear Week 2026 is down to 132 Family, 910, 89 Backpack and 164 Bucky. Here’s how the semifinal bracket looks ahead of September 28 voting.
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Fat Bear Week 2026 semifinals are set with 132 Family, 910, Backpack and Bucky
Fat Bear Week 2026 is down to 132 Family, 910, 89 Backpack and 164…
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Chile’s golden retriever police puppies finished the parade, then fell asleep
Chile’s young golden retrievers appeared at the September 19 Gran Parada Militar as part…
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Bucky ends Chunk’s title defense in Fat Bear Week 2026
Bucky ended Chunk’s Fat Bear Week title defense with 118,731 votes. His rise at…
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Bear 132’s reunited family advances in Fat Bear Week with 171,619 votes
Bear 132 and her three cubs received the highest vote total in Fat Bear…
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Bolivia’s new wild cat already had a local name
Meet Leopardus tilcayo, Bolivia’s newly described wild cat, and learn how genetics clarified its…
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Can screwworm be treated? What the Texas horse case means
Screwworm can be treated, but prevention drugs have limits. What the Texas horse case…
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Why a record El Niño wouldn’t guarantee a record winter
El Niño could reach historic strength in 2026. Here’s why local storms, temperatures and…
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Ontario wildfire smoke stretched across the Great Lakes and into the U.S.
A NASA satellite image shows smoke from Ontario wildfires moving across Canada, the Great…
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