Be bold and get cold for Special Olympics Massachusetts! That rallying cry—which launched Boston College’s inaugural collegiate Polar Plunge fundraiser—drew 74 registered participants and eight teams ...

A story about Cherokee Nation marshals and Sequoyah High School staff taking the "Polar Plunge" to raise money for Special Olympics. Several gasps and a lot of shivering by Cherokee Nation marshals ...

David Vencl leads 2,461 swimmers in a record-breaking polar bear plunge into 4°C water at Most Lake, celebrating cold therapy ...

A Tik Tok of polar bear Laerke caused some concerns, but zoo staff said she is a “special needs” bear who often displays that ...

The statement comes after a video posted to TikTok garnered hundreds of thousands of views and prompted thousands of comments expressing concern for the 29-year-old polar bear's health. The commenters ...

The polar bear’s atypical behavior often manifests in repeated movement like the video depicted, and it seems to uptick around the spring, Somerville said. “She’s just sort of a special ...

You can find the polar bears at the San Diego Zoo in the Conrad Prebys Polar Bear Plunge and watch them at any time on the zoo’s polar bear live cam.

Zoo staff say that polar bear Laerke’s seemingly strange behavior is the result of her unique upbringing around humans and special needs. Katie G. Cotterill/Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Point ...