Chunk, Bucky Dent, Walker, and Gully all compete. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Chunk faces a tough battle against a younger bear with an innovative fishing technique and catchy name: Bucky Dent . In the other part of the big boys bracket, we see Brooks River regular Walker and his ferocious butt face a bird-eater appropriately named Gully. We also see a battle of up-and-coming subadults in Round 1, Part 2 of voting.

Voting starts September 22 with a final winner crowned on September 29. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Bear #32 Chunk, the 2025 Fat Bear Week champion (right) and Bear #164 Bucky Dent (left) fishing for salmon. The official Fat Bear Week 2026 bracket has landed, and this year's competition will see 16 adult brown bears () in Alaska go head-to-head in the bracket-style online competition. In addition to being digital competitors in this online tournament, Bear #151 and Bear #903 have proven to be real-life competitors, often going after the same salmon.

Environment Animals Wildlife Bears The cubs from Katmai's'Brady Bunch' blended family are all grown up Bear #609 (Bean) and Bear #620 were raised together when one mother bear adopted her sister's cub. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy . To the untrained eye, two female brown bears () in Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve look like any other bears.

More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy . After spending the summer eating the fatty pink salmon swimming through Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, it's time to celebrate the park's iconic brown bears (). Fat Bear Week begins on Tuesday, September 22, and here is everything you need to know.

Bear #284 (aka Electra) is part of a bear lineage that teaches their offspring this unique fishing style. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Bear #284 demonstrating how to walk out on to the water to fish. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .

New Fat Bear Week children's book turns Katmai's famous bears into wrestlers A Q&A with Alaskan author Brooke Hartman on salmon, writing challenges, and why people love these bears. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. A male bear designed at 747. He was the Fat Bear Week Champion in 2020 and 2022. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week.