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

In Alaska’s annual battle of heavyweights, a salmon-chomping bruin named 747 – like the jetliner – has emerged as the most fabulously fat.

After years of bulking season, Chunk the brown bear has finally lived up to his name — and his waistline — by winning Fat ...

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By popular vote, bear 32 Chunk was crowned the fattest bear in Alaska's Katmai National Park on Tuesday (September 30) during ...

The stage was grand, the tension immense–and in the end, an injured giant prevailed. In the largest “Fat Bear Week” yet at Katmai National Park in Alaska, the brown bear “32 Chunk” was crowned the ...

A broken jaw was no hindrance as 'Chunk' was crowned the fattest bear in Alaska's Katmai National Park during the annual Fat ...

Forget March Madness — this is Fat Bear Week madness, complete with brackets, merch and cheering fans from across the globe.

Check in to the Fat Bear Week 2025 livestream to see the fat bears for yourself (or discuss why this is your favorite week of the year with others in the live chat). You can also see whether you're ...

While Alaska's larger brown bears are attracting national attention, there have been some impressive black bears to come out of the Nutmeg State.

Fat Bear Week is fun to watch, but packing on pounds is serious business for the bears at Katmai National Park.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 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 ...