Fat Bear Week 2025 has crowned its winner!
On Tuesday, Sept. 30, voting in the 2025 Fat Bear Week competition concluded. The final match-up in the single-elimination, bracket-style contest came down to Chunk (also known as Bear 32) and Bear 856. Chunk ended up winning the final round with 96,362 votes, beating Bear 856’s 63,729 votes.
After voting closed, Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve and Explore.org announced the winner of its annual competition, which lets fans vote online to determine which Katmai bear
