Believe it or not, but a ‘Fat Bear Week’ exists, and it has already begun! The unusual tournament is all about choosing, voting, and making the ‘fattest bear of the year’ win. Exciting? Well, here’s ...

Get your popcorn (and maybe a plate of salmon sashimi) ready: Fat Bear Week, the annual competition to crown the rotundest brown bear at Alaska’s Katmai National Park, is back for its 2025 season.

Fat Bear Week, when people get to pick their favorite Alaskan brown bear bulking up for hibernation, is coming early this year. The annual online competition that normally starts in early October will ...

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

After years of bulking season, Chunk the brown bear has finally lived up to his name — and his waistline — by winning Fat ...

A brown bear weighing over 500kg (78st 8lb) has overcome a broken jaw to become the winner of Fat Bear Week 2025. Chunk ...