The 2022 edition of Fat Bear Week was unlike any other, and even with a voting scandal, 747 was crowned this year's champion of chonk – the bear's second title in three years. The weeklong ...

Chunk, estimated to be 30 years old, netted nearly 30,000 votes. Fat Bear Week champions over the years: See the chunky ...

They don’t. “We can only make educated guesses on their body size for Fat Bear Week,” Fitz said. “Studies have been done in the past where they would tranquilize a bear and weigh them and ...

Every autumn, Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska hosts 'Fat Bear Week', an annual tournament celebrating the success of the bears at the park’s Brooks River. This year’s newcomer ...

But only one can take the crown and be named the 2024 Fat Bear Week Champion. If you’d just spent around half a year sleeping and dozing in a comfy den, without any food, eating would be pretty ...