He’s well known in the fat bear community and he’s competed in many battles. However, he’s never quite won the competition.

The 2022 edition of Fat Bear Week was unlike any other, and even with a voting scandal, 747 was crowned this year's champion of chonk – the bear's second title in three years. The weeklong ...

In years when autumn salmon numbers are low ... This bear's bigger and more confident than the Gribbell Island bear. Fat rolls down its belly. It appears to be wearing a coat two sizes too ...

Two Steuben County bears were among the heaviest harvested in 2024, while a WMU in Steuben and Chemung counties had one of ...

Fat Bear Week, the National Park Service’s official celebration of the fattest bears around, is getting its own unofficial board game. Tabletop publisher Osprey Games announced the upcoming ...