It’s Fat Bear Week, and the brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park are getting ready for hibernation. That means eating salmon. Lots of salmon. You can watch a live feed of the bears in the ...

Chunk eating a fat piece of salmon in Brooks River’s “jacuzzi” in 2017. The king has returned. Maintenance workers at Katmai ...

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 ...

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 ...

As a biologist might say, that's a chonky boy. - National Park Service Fat Bear Week is officially underway at the Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. So, take a break from all of the ...

KING SALMON, Alaska -- For brown bears in one Alaska national park, bigger really is better. On Tuesday, 409 Beadnose was officially declared the fattest of the fat bears. "What does the she win for ...

Bear fans worldwide can watch the bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve bulk up on salmon and vote for their favorite starting Sept. 23 Fat Bear Week is back, accepting votes Sept. 23 through ...

To celebrate bears' impending hibernation, Katmai National Park and Preserve has a March Madness-style competition to see who ...

It's that time of year again in Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve: Fat Bear Week is returning to celebrate the park's brown bears as they bulk up for winter. From Sept. 23 through Sept. 30, ...