A brown bear weighing more than 500kg (1,100lb) overcame a fight with a fierce rival, receiving a broken jaw in the process, ...

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

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

The brawny bruins on the Alaska Peninsula are ready to brawl it out to see which will win this year’s fattest bear title in the wildly popular annual online voting contest known as Fat Bear Week.

The famous bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park are enjoying an abundance of salmon, and even some playtime, as they pack ...

A bear weighing in at over 1,200 pounds — with a broken (but healing) jaw — is the 2025 Fat Bear Week champion. It’s the ...

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

Fat Bear 32 Chunk was crowned the 2025 champion of the annual park contest on Sept. 30. Out of more than 160,000 votes, Bear ...

In anticipation of the upcoming hibernation season, burly bears are competing to be crowned the fattest brown bear as part of ...

Scarred bear '32 Chunk' wins Fat Bear Week 2025 at Katmai National Park, earning victory with over 96,000 votes ...

Brown bear 32 Chunk captured his first Fat Bear Week title at Alaska’s Katmai National Park after years as a fan favorite. Chunk defeated a competitive field including two-time winner 128 Grazer and ...

Greedy grizzlies are being celebrated as Fat Bear Week announces this year's most impressive beasts preparing to enter hibernation. The much-loved contest pits the brown bears of Alaska's Katmai ...