After years of bulking season, Chunk the brown bear has finally lived up to his name — and his waistline — by winning Fat Bear Week 2025. Chunk who weighs over 500kg (1,200 lbs) even overcame a broken ...

As Alaska’s Fat Bear Week came to a close, the winner was a 1,200-pound bruiser who showed “adaptability” after a major injury. By Madison Malone Kircher After a weeklong battle to the finish, this ...

Bear 32 Chunk was voted the fattest bear in Alaska's Katmai National Park on Tuesday, winning this year's Fat Bear Week competition. He claimed the title with 96,350 votes, beating rival bear 856, who ...

UPDATE (10/1/2025) — No. 32, Chunk, also known as Chunk the Hunk and The Chunkster, has been declared the winner of Fat Bear Week 2025. Explore.org said Chunk has a distinctive scar across his muzzle ...

There have been several times recently that Olivia Branchaud has captured a burly brown bear on her BeReal. The Alaskan who now lives in Italy says tuning into Fat Bear Week reminds her of home.

The chonkiest challenge of the year is here. Fat Bear Week begins Sept. 23. Each year, the burly bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve capture global attention in a March Madness-style bracket ...

Each year, the burly bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve capture global attention in a March Madness-style bracket challenge as fans pick which bear advances in each round. “The bears have been ...

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Fat Bear Week is back at Katmai National Park and Preserve. The March Madness-style bracket competition pits some of Katmai National Park and Preserve's bulkiest and most beloved brown bears against ...

Some of the largest brown bears reside at Brooks River in Katmai National Park, Alaska, according to explore.org. During Fat Bear Week, the public can celebrate the success of brown bears gaining ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The brawny bruins on the Alaska Peninsula are ready to brawl it out to see which will win this year’s fattest bear title in the wildly popular annual online voting contest known as ...