Bear 32 Chunk was crowned the 2025 champion of Fat Bear Week. Chunk defeated runner-up Bear 856 with over 96,000 votes. The annual contest celebrates the survival of brown bears at Katmai National ...

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 ...

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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 months after leaving their nest following the successful fledging of their two chicks, Sunny and Gizmo, Big Bear Lake's famed bald eagle parents Jackie and Shadow were spotted making a visit to ...

Fat Bear Week is an annual competition where fans vote for the fattest bear at Katmai National Park and Preserve. The event runs from Sept. 23 to Sept. 30, with daily voting on the explore.org website ...

The answer, of course, is "sticks and fluff," as any fan of the famous Big Bear bald eagles knows. The obsessed-over duo works diligently to prepare their nest for much of the fall, before the cold ...

COLORADO (KOAA) — If you're planning a trip up into the mountains this Winter, you may notice a few new changes at some of your favorite resorts. According to Monarch Mountain's website, they are ...

Highway 38 from Angelus Oaks to Big Bear will be closed to all traffic for an indefinite period of time after Caltrans reported significant damage to the highway during last week's thunderstorms. Not ...

Snow is falling in Colorado’s high country, marking the first flakes of the season. At Rocky Mountain National Park’s Alpine Visitor Center, snow began around 5 p.m. Sept. 22 and has continued to ...

BYU true freshman quarterback Bear Bachmeier is growing up before our eyes. After an up-and-down first quarter against ECU, Bachmeier settled in and found a rhythm against an ECU defense that was ...