Getting a bear on a scale is impossible Actually weighing the bears would be a dangerous and monumental task, so it’s up to voters to judge size by looks alone. Male brown bears at Katmai weigh about ...

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 ...

A chunky contender named Chunk, officially known as bear 32, has claimed victory in this year’s Fat Bear Week, an annual online competition celebrating Alaska’s brown bears as they bulk up before ...

The Fat Bear Week winner was announced, and he is a chunky teddy weighing in at over 1,200 pounds. Tens of thousands of people voted for the fattest bear over the course of a week to take home the ...

The most gripping week of the bear calendar has arrived. The Fat Bear Week is an annual online competition hosted by Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. This event, which began in 2014 as a ...