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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 Brooks River adds another story to a tournament now certain to produce a first-time main-event champion.
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Animals and nature
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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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Jackie’s memorial weekend adds birdwatching and forest restoration
Jackie’s October 3–4 memorial weekend adds birdwatching, native seed collection and trail education. Here’s…
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Marineland’s belugas reached new homes. Four have now died.
Peekachu, Rain, Jelly Bean and Osiris died after leaving Marineland. The receiving aquariums’ updates…
Science and space
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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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