Last year's animal tournament received over 1.2 million votes from more than 100 countries Bears can eat over 40 salmon a day, packing on pounds to endure hibernation It's that time of year again in ...

Maintenance workers at Katmai National Park in Alaska spotted 2025 Fat Bear Week champion Chunk. In a video shared by Katmai ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Fat Bear Week is a fan-driven, bracket-style competition conducted each fall as a celebration of the bears’ success in ...

Fat Bear 2025 named the winning bear after voting completed on Sept. 30. Bears Chunk and 856 made the final round This image provided by the National Park Service shows bear 32 Chunk at Katmai ...

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A female brown bear named 909, known for her blond ears and fishing skills, is seen last fall in the Brooks River in Katmai National Park. As the park's bears pack on pounds to prepare for hibernation ...

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 popular online voting ...

Mirror, mirror on the wall - which bear is the fattest of them all? After months of preparation, the brown bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park will finally get their answer. Fat Bear Week is back!