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 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 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 ...

Voters follow 12 bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve on live webcams and cast ballots in a bracket-style, single-elimination tournament that lasts a week. Chunk, a towering brown bear ...

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 ...

As Alaska’s Fat Bear Week came to a close, the winner was a 1,200-pound bruiser who showed “adaptability” after a major injury. By Madison Malone Kircher After a weeklong battle to the finish, this ...

Despite a broken jaw, 32 Chunk has eaten his way to the top of the Fat Bear Week 2025 bracket. Chunk was finally named the winner of Fat Bear Week after being awarded as the runner-up for the past two ...

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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 ...

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 ...

What could be so great about a toy called Chunk? As it turns out—a whole lot, based on my three kids who play with theirs nearly every day. I often get tired of small toys that clutter up the house ...

When the famous brown bear named Chunk appeared on the Explore.org web cam in late June, post-hibernation, his jaw was broken and there was concern that he’d have trouble eating salmon on Alaska's ...