The winner of Fat Bear Week has been crowned. The much-loved contest pits the brown bears of Alaska’s Katmai National Park & ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw ... “Despite his broken jaw, he remains one of the biggest, baddest bears at Brooks River,” said Mike Fitz, a naturalist for ...

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

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 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 ...

ANCHORAGE — 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 popular ...

The bulky brown bear from Alaska won the online competition by more than 30,000 votes despite a broken jaw impeding his pre-hibernation gorging. Voters also apparently forgave and forgot last year's ...