Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after narrowly finishing in second place three previous years. The ...

Mirror, mirror on the wall - which bear is the fattest of them all? After months of preparation, the brown bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park will finally get their answer. Fat Bear Week is back!

It's that time of year again in Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve: Fat Bear Week is returning to celebrate the park's brown bears as they bulk up for winter. From Sept. 23 through Sept. 30, ...

Fat Bear 2025 named the winning bear after voting completed on Sept. 30. Bears Chunk and 856 made the final round This image provided by the National Park Service shows bear 32 Chunk at Katmai ...

Fat Bear Week voting runs Sept. 23-30, 2025. Blonde beauty 128 Grazer is defending her title as champ. It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for: Fat Bear Week voting starts Tuesday. Fat Bear Week is ...

World Bear Day encourages us to pause and see bears in a new light - not just as powerful animals, but as vital members of ...

Bear fans worldwide can watch the bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve bulk up on salmon and vote for their favorite starting Sept. 23 Fat Bear Week is back, accepting votes Sept. 23 through ...