Fat Bear Week 2025 is upon us, and the burliest bears of Katmai National Park have been working hard all season to chonk up for the annual competition, with the lineup of competitors dropping today, ...

Maintenance workers at Katmai National Park in Alaska spotted 2025 Fat Bear Week champion Chunk. In a video shared by Katmai Conservancy, National Park Service (NPS) maintenance crews spotted the ...

Fat Bear Week is back at Alaska's Katmai National Park, an event where people will have a chance to vote for their favorite chunky brown bears beginning Sept. 23. For the past 11 years, fans of Fat ...

Footage shows a hibernation-slimmed Chunk walking on snow in search of a snack.

ALASKA, USA — After years of being the bridesmaid but never the bride, 32 Chunk has finally waddled away with the crown in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week. The hulking male brown bear, estimated to weigh well ...

It's time for everyone's favorite bracket battle — Fat Bear Week. The annual online contest returns to Katmai National Park in Alaska as massive brown bears gorge, bulk up and compete for the internet ...

A Katmai National Park story connecting Alaska bear viewing, Brooks Falls, salmon runs, and the beloved bears millions follow online ANCHORAGE, AK, UNITED STATES ...