Class Disrupted is an education podcast featuring author Michael Horn and Futre’s Diane Tavenner in conversation with ...

The fourth annual Alpena Ice Festival will feature a day of winter fun for all ages from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 15. Activities ...

Columbus Zoo polar bears Lee and Aurora will be featured on "Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild" at 10 a.m.

After a summer of fasting on land, the bears need to get back to their frozen home to hunt seals and bulk up. But their migration ritual is changing.

People plunge into freezing Lake Michigan during Chicago Polar Bear Club 24th annual Polar Plunge event at Oak Street Beach on Jan. 25, 2025. The event was sold out after selling 1,000 tickets.

A study in the journal Science Advances reveals how polar bears manage to get wet in the cold without their fur freezing.

THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS YOU RAISE AND DONATE FOR THE POLAR BEAR PLUNGE ACCOUNT FOR OVER 40% OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND, HELPING ATHLETES PLAY WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY.

LET’S GET THE PHONES RINGING OKAY. AND YOU KNOW WE TALK ABOUT THE POLAR BEAR PLUNGE AND HOW COLD THE WATER IS. BUT THIS IS SUCH A GREAT CAUSE. AND IT ALSO INSPIRES OTHER ATHLETES. IT DOES.

This experiment showed that the ice adhesion of unwashed polar bear fur is exceptionally low. While the often-accepted ...

I remember saying: 'Hey, bear' – as if this were just another magical moment in the Arctic wild. A polar bear was standing on its hind legs just a few paces from me. Its nose looked like a fist ...

Gordon Buchanan had a terrifying near-death experience with a polar bear (Picture: Jason Roberts) BBC cameraman, Gordon Buchanan, has revealed the terrifying moment a polar bear decided he was on ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Harsh cold descended on the nation’s midsection Monday as a polar vortex gripped the Rockies and Northern Plains on the heels of weekend storms that pummeled the Eastern U.S ...