KAIMAI NATIONAL PARK, Alaska – It’s currently Fat Bear Week 2025! On Explore.org, you can vote for your favorite fat bear that’s preparing for hibernation. During Fat Bear Week, brown bears at the ...

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, ...

Fat Bear Week 2025 has arrived, featuring some of the biggest and brawniest bears of Brooks River. Longtime fans will note that there are several beloved bears missing from this year’s bracket, which ...

The chunkiest challenge of the year is here — Fat Bear Week. Fat Bear Week began on Sept. 23. Each year, the burly bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska capture global attention in a ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after narrowly finishing in second place ...

Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after narrowly finishing in second place three previous years. The ...

This image provided by the National Park Service shows bear 32 at the Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, on July 14, 2025. (C Loberg/National Park Service via AP) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — ...