ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat ...

Alaska's Katmai National Park announced a brown bear dubbed 32 Chunk has claimed his first-ever Fat Bear Week championship ...

Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his ...

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KATMAI NATIONAL PARK, Alaska – The 11th annual Fat Bear Week winner was crowned after a strong competition. A bracket vote ...

We called out Chunk in our early coverage of Fat Bear Week 2025, and now this chonky boy has been crowned king of the bears.

The brown bear heavyweight persevered through a jaw injury this year that will permanently impact his ability to fight and ...

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The hulking male brown bear, estimated to weigh well over 1,200 pounds, finished as runner-up in both 2023 and 2024.

Despite suffering a broken jaw, Chunk was named the winner of Fat Bear Week.

As part of the park's annual Fat Bear Week, the oversized ursines are pitted against each other in online popularity contests, where fans from around the world vote for the bear they like best.