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 ...

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 ...

The bracket for Fat Bear Week 2025 has been revealed, and 12 bears at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska are looking for votes from all over the world — but only one will be crowned 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 ...

Fat Bear Week is an annual tradition run by the Katmai National Park in Alaska alongside media organization Explore.

Back in school, many of us learned that bears hibernate in the winter time. Though before they can partake in their peaceful slumber, they have to prepare first. For them, that means fueling up, and ...

As bears across Alaska's Katmai National Park devour salmon to prepare for winter, millions will vote on the 'beefiest bruin' in the annual Fat Bear Week competition.

Fans often factor in those challenges when voting. In fact, mother bears have taken the crown before. Last year, Grazer, already a two-time champion, beat out Chunk, one of the river’s biggest males, ...

Fat Bear Week, hosted by Katmai National Park in Alaska, draws bated breath from viewers every year. It’s an annual online tournament where people vote to crown the bear that’s best bulked up for ...

Well, it's Groundhog Day...again. That line isn't just appropriate because Bill Murray was featured on the Manningcast of the Chicago Bears Monday Night Football game against the Minnesota Vikings, ...