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This weekend, in the small city of Dundas, Minn., Megan Corey will attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for a ...

The winner of Fat Bear Week 2026 is … Backpack! The people voted him the chonkiest chunk at Katmai National Park this season. He’s the son of former 2019 winner, Holly. Congrats, Backpack! Image via ...

The brown bear, who now weighs between 1,000 and 1,200 pounds after fattening up on salmon, earned his nickname as a cub. When he was little, he enjoyed riding on his mom's back as she swam across a r ...

Backpack is a fat bear on Brooks River. He's the offspring of Holly, the 2019 Fat Bear Week Champion. A bulky brown bear who became famous for hitching rides on his mama's back is the 2026 Fat Bear ...

Bear known for sitting in solitude won tournament celebrating the animals’ ability to eat large amounts of fish A chunky ursine called Backpack has out-gobbled a challenge from an outsized female ...

A brown bear known as 89 Backpack has won the annual Fat Bear Week competition, after what the US National Parks Service described as a "battle of size, skill, snack acquisition, and strategic loafing ...

Megan Corey set out for Dundas, Minnesota, with one goal: break the Guinness World Record for the fastest half-marathon run ...