Chunk, the heavyweight bear with a broken jaw, finally wins Fat Bear Week

A towering brown bear named Chunk, distinctive for his broken jaw, has finally clinched victory in the popular Fat Bear Week ...

Brown bear heavyweight Chunk wins Fat Bear Week despite injury

A brown bear weighing over 500kg (78st 8lb) has overcome a broken jaw to become the winner of Fat Bear Week 2025. Chunk ...

Chunk, a 1,200-pound bear with a broken jaw, wins Alaska’s popular Fat Bear Week contest

Chunk, a 1,200-pound behemoth with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his ...

32 Chunk voted as Fat Bear Week 2025 winner after 2 years as runner-up

As one of the largest bears that resides along Brooks River at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, 32 Chunk was ...

Meet the 2025 Fat Bear Week contenders as Alaska national park kicks off voting

The bracket for Fat Bear Week 2025 has been revealed, and 12 bears at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska are looking ...

Fat Bear Week 2025 crowns a winner

Chunk and Grazer duked it out in the semifinal, but only one brown bear in Katmai National Park could reign supreme.

Fat Bear Week has a new winner! Bear 32 Chunk defeats Bear 856 in the annual contest.

There's a new Fat Bear Week winner. Fat Bear 32 Chunk was crowned the 2025 champion of the annual park contest on Tuesday night, Sept. 30. Out of more than 160,000 votes, Bear 32 Chunk, a male ...