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Animals

It's Fat Bear Week In Alaska's Katmai National Park — Time To Fill Out Your Bracket

Bears preparing for hibernation need to eat as much as they can for the winter. In Alaska, this habit has turned into an Ursine March Madness with bears going head-to-head to see who is the fattest.

A minke whale breaks the surface near Boothbay Harbor in the Gulf of Maine on Aug. 10, 2018. Researchers say warming in the gulf is driving whales into waters farther north where fewer environmental protections exist. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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The Gulf Of Maine Is Warming, And Its Whales Are Disappearing

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Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne, his co-director and co-writer on the new show Why? Pascal Victor/ArtComArt hide caption

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At 94, Director Peter Brook Is Still Asking The Deep Questions

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It's Fat Bear Week In Alaska's Katmai National Park — Time To Fill Out Your Bracket

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Natalie Portman plays an astronaut whose life begins to come undone following her spaceflight in Lucy in the Sky. Fox Searchlight Pictures hide caption

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Natalie Portman Is 'Lucy In The Sky,' With An Existential Crisis

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