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 ...

America’s most beloved bear-based competition is just weeks away. Fat Bear Week, an online vote conducted via a single-elimination bracket, will take place from Sept. 23 to 30, the National Park ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) — ...