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

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

A brown bear weighing over 500kg (78st 8lb) has overcome a broken jaw to become the winner of Fat Bear Week 2025. Chunk ...

Brown bear Chunk wins Fat Bear Week 2025 with nearly 100,000 votes, defeating Bear 856 after years as runner-up. The ...

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 32 Chunk, a male weighing over 1,200 pounds, topped Bear 856, a grizzled ...

FAT bears are an annual delight of Alaska, with the creatures cramming themselves with salmon to see them through the winter.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — 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, Alaska (AP) — 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 ...

The annual online competition allows viewers to follow 12 bears in the Katmai National Park and Preserve on live webcams and ...

Chunk, officially known as Bear 32, secured his first victory in the annual Fat Bear Week contest after three consecutive ...

Voters rewarded the burly bear for his persistence — and his ability to adapt after suffering a broken jaw in a brawl last ...