America's national parks are some of the country's most popular tourist destinations. Popular spots like the Grand Canyon, Zion, and Yellowstone routinely draw millions of visitors each year, with ...

Anyone seeking a face-to-face encounter with the world's most dangerous animals might want to think twice about their life choices—or book a ticket to one of these heavily secured wildlife parks.

From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by producer Aynsley O’Neill with Mike Fitz, the creator of Fat Bear Week. Every year, Katmai ...

“Many. Bears. Coming!” our guide, Shawn Eggleston, said with quiet urgency. Within moments, a young female grizzly appeared from around a bend, galloping downstream 50 feet away. A second sprinter ...

In an upset for the ages, Fat Bear Week’s 2025 champion is 32 Chunk, who denied a potential “three-peat” by his longtime rival, 128 Grazer. Fat Bear Week celebrates the triumphs and tribulations of ...

Oct. 1 (UPI) --Alaska's Katmai National Park announced a brown bear dubbed 32 Chunk has claimed his first-ever Fat Bear Week championship title. The park said the bounteous bear bested a field of ...

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 ...

Fat Bear 2025 named the winning bear after voting completed on Sept. 30. Bears Chunk and 856 made the final round Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

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 ...

The Yankees and the Red Sox. Celtic and Rangers. Real Madrid and Barcelona. In a competition bear-ly more ferocious, 12 chunky brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve have been ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The polls are open for the final round of Fat Bear Week at Katmai National Park, where voters will decide between two hefty contenders: ’32 Chunk’ and ‘Bear Number 856.’ Fat Bear Week ...