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 ...

A brown bear weighing over 500kg (78st 8lb) has triumphed in Fat Bear Week 2025 despite suffering a broken jaw. Chunk, often called “the most dominant brown bear on the river,” won the competition at ...

Alaska's biggest brown bear has finally been crowned following a fierce online competition. More than 200 shots fired in deadly Kansas City, Kansas ambush; new details Igloo bunker residents file ...

Bear 32 Chunk was crowned the 2025 champion of Fat Bear Week. Chunk defeated runner-up Bear 856 with over 96,000 votes. The annual contest celebrates the survival of brown bears at Katmai National ...

Fat Bear Week is back at Katmai National Park and Preserve. The March Madness-style bracket competition pits some of Katmai National Park and Preserve's bulkiest and most beloved brown bears against ...