TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The brown bears of Katmai National Park have been scarfing down salmon all summer long, and now that the seasons are changing, the time has come to crown the heavyweight champion.

The Yankees and the Red Sox. Celtic and Rangers. Real Madrid and Barcelona. In a competition bear-ly more ferocious, 12 chunky brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve have been ...

Fat Bear Week 2025 is officially wrapped, and a champion has been crowned. 32 Chunk is officially 2025’s fat bear champion. According to the National Park Service, the big bear beat out Bear 856 in ...

Chunk, 32, is the chubby champion of Fat Bear Week 2025. His broken jaw didn't stop him from feasting on sockeye salmon and gaining hundreds of pounds this summer. A bear weighing in at over 1,200 ...

In a landslide victory, a dominant brown bear known for his broken jaw was voted Katmai’s fattest bear. Bear 32 Chunk was crowned this year’s Fat Bear Week champion, defeating rival Bear 856 in the ...

ALASKA, USA — After years of being the bridesmaid but never the bride, 32 Chunk has finally waddled away with the crown in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week. The hulking male brown bear, estimated to weigh well ...

Three times could be the charm for a burly brown bear who’s once again vying for Fat Bear Week champion. Bear 32 Chunk has lost the title to bear 128 Grazer two years in a row. However this year, he’s ...

ALASKA, Pa. (WTAJ) — The 2025 Fat Bear Week competition has named a champion, and as usual, they’re always deserving of the title. Each year in Katmai National Park, Alaska, brown bears get fat to ...