And 856, who long ruled the Katmai kingdom with a sharp fist, is finally getting some good press. Our tall boy started this season on a gaunt foot, and we think he knew that. Unpretentious, he’s been ...

Fat Bear 2025 named the winning bear after voting completed on Sept. 30. Bears Chunk and 856 made the final round ...

Credit: C Loberg/A Monaco/T Carmack/NPS/Katmai Conservancy/Explore.org/Cover Images Alaska’s tubbiest ursines have been fighting it out once again as Fat Bear Week reaches its climax on Monday and ...

Brown bears in Alaska battle it out to see who will be named the fattest of them all.

Oh, lorge. It’s the Fat Bear Week Finals and two of the biggest boars of Brooks River are here to conceptually duke it out. It’s a packed house (around 150K voters each day!) and this one’s a real ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 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 ...

The bears are extremely fat this year, and I’m looking forward to seeing how people react to how fat they are,” says the ...

Patty Salkeld traveled 2,000 miles to Alaska's remote national park to see the brown bears she's been voting for in the ...

The famous bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park are enjoying an abundance of salmon, and even some playtime, as they pack on pounds to prepare for the winter.

Bear fans worldwide can watch the bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve bulk up on salmon and vote for their favorite starting Sept. 23 Candice Rusch Fat Bear Week is back, accepting votes Sept.

One of the 2023 Fat Bear Week contestants, "Chunk." Credit: NPS / F. Jimenez It's the happiest time of the year — Fat Bear Week! This year's event takes place from Sept. 23-30, and Mashable will be ...

Fat Bear 2025 named the winning bear after voting completed on Sept. 30. Bears Chunk and 856 made the final round Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...