Donations collected for the Polar Bear Plunge go to help grant wishes for Idaho children battling serious illnesses.

The event is slated for Jan. 11, and hundreds will brave the cold and plunge into freezing waters.

Kali, the only polar bear at the Saint Louis Zoo, was able to enjoy the snow in his enclosure this morning. Video from the zoo's habitat camera caught the bear rolling through the snow.

StockSwarovski’s crystal creatures have been around for decades, and while the renditions of today cost a pretty penny, there ...

Strangers volleyed dismissive colloquialisms back and forth as they emerged from the frigid waters of Lake Coeur d’Alene on ...

A man has died in the US state of Virginia after a bear in a tree, shot by one of his hunting partners, fell on him, state wildlife officials said. The incident occurred on December 9 in Lunenburg ...

A father of five from Virginia died earlier this month while hunting, after a bear that was shot in a tree by one of his hunting partners fell from the branches above and landed on him.

"Can I give you some polar bear advice?" asks Tee, a confident 13-year-old we meet during a visit to a high school in Churchill, Canada. "If there's a bear this close to you," she says as she ...

The mother of the first polar bear cub to be born in the UK in 25 years is receiving geriatric care, her keepers have said. Victoria, who is 28, gave birth to male cub Hamish at the Highland ...

Emergency helicopters in Norway’s northern Svalbard archipelago sometimes take unusual passengers, write Astrid K V Harring and colleagues Six hundred miles north of mainland Norway, deep in the ...

A 58-year-old Virginia man died on Friday after a bear fell on him while he was on a hunting trip, according to Virginia officials. The man, Lester Clayton Harvey Jr., was part of a group of ...

A Virginia man has died after a bear in a tree shot by one of his hunting partners fell on him, state wildlife officials said. The incident occurred Dec. 9 in Lunenburg County, which is between ...