Despite suffering a broken jaw, Chunk was named the winner of Fat Bear Week.

With a new champion of “Fat Bear Week” crowned for an 11th year running, Alaskans can look back on this year’s competition and celebrate what makes it so compelling.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat ...

We called out Chunk in our early coverage of Fat Bear Week 2025, and now this chonky boy has been crowned king of the bears.

Three-time runner-up Chunk wins Fat Bear Week 2025, beating Bear 856 and dethroning Grazer. Estimated weight: 1,200 pounds. Over 1.5M votes were cast worldwide.

Chunk, a brown bear with a broken jaw, came out on top after coming in second place for the last three years.

After a weeklong battle to the finish, this year’s Fat Bear Week victor has been crowned. Congratulations to 32 Chunk, a brown bear who weighed in at more than 1,200 pounds, who nabbed the 2025 title.

The brown bear heavyweight persevered through a jaw injury this year that will permanently impact his ability to fight and ...

Chunk, the brown bear from Alaska’s Katmai National Park, wins Fat Bear Week 2025 after overcoming a broken jaw ...

First-time winner 32 Chunk defeated enormous elder 856 in the finals on Tuesday, ousting two-time title holder 128 Grazer.

After multiple rounds of tough head-to-head competition, Fat Bear Week came to a close with the heavyweight showdown between ...