Fat Bear 2025 named the winning bear after voting completed on Sept. 30. Bears Chunk and 856 made the final round ...

The bears are extremely fat this year, and I’m looking forward to seeing how people react to how fat they are,” says the ...

And 856, who long ruled the Katmai kingdom with a sharp fist, is finally getting some good press. Our tall boy started this season on a gaunt foot, and we think he knew that. Unpretentious, he’s been ...

Patty Salkeld traveled 2,000 miles to Alaska's remote national park to see the brown bears she's been voting for in the ...

The famous bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park are enjoying an abundance of salmon, and even some playtime, as they pack ...

Scarred bear '32 Chunk' wins Fat Bear Week 2025 at Katmai National Park, earning victory with over 96,000 votes ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear ...

The creator of the viral bear bracket competition on this year’s 1,200-pound winner, Chunk, how bears are interacting ...

A brown bear weighing over 500kg (78st 8lb) has overcome a broken jaw to become the winner of Fat Bear Week 2025. Chunk received the most votes in a competition between 12 brown bears in which people ...

"We still want people to have an understanding of what Katmai is like, and enjoy, especially enjoy the brown bears that are here, so explore.org is able to partner with Katmai to provide many ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly ...