The Fat Bear Week competition has grown exponentially since it started as a Facebook vote in 2014. “It's positive, it's a celebration, and it's also really fun,” says Mike Fitz, a former Katmai park ...

That breeze in the air doesn’t just mean it’s time to start looking for your coats. The end of September also means the start of one of the internet’s best annual traditions: Fat Bear Week. “At Brooks ...

After a weeklong battle to the finish, this year’s Fat Bear Week victor has been crowned. Congratulations to 32 Chunk, a brown bear who weighed in at more than 1,200 pounds, who nabbed the 2025 title.

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 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - With a new champion of “Fat Bear Week” crowned, Alaskans can look back on this year’s competition and celebrate what makes it so compelling. The latest winner of the annual ...

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 ...

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) — 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 ...