A brown bear weighing over 500kg (78st 8lb) has triumphed in Fat Bear Week 2025 despite suffering a broken jaw. Chunk, often called “the most dominant brown bear on the river,” won the competition at ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly ...

The contest, which began in 2014, is meant to showcase the resiliency of the brown bears, who pack on the pounds each fall to survive the harsh winter, mostly by gobbling salmon on the Brooks River in ...