Security footage shows a polar bear joyfully playing in the snow at the Saint Louis Zoo after the area saw between 8 and 12 ...

As the winter storm left states covered in blankets of snow, Koda the polar bear enjoyed the frosty weather.

Polar bear at Memphis zoo playing in the snow. Video credit: Memphis Zoo via TMX ...

Regular folks who care about wildlife generally know that climate change is bad for polar bears, but they have only vague ...

Discover how black, grizzly, and polar bears choose safe, snow-covered winter dens and what new research reveals about their ...

Finding a suitable winter den can determine whether a bear survives months of cold, deep snow, and food scarcity. For ...

Hollow hairs are a key survival tool for Arctic animals, which have evolved to grow extraordinary weather-proof coats.

The changing climate poses a major threat to polar bear survival. But new research suggests that rising temperatures may be altering polar bear DNA in ways that help them adapt and endure in ...

Polar bears are leaping through their evolution in real time as rising temperatures threaten their habitat. A population of bears was found in a climate warmer than one in which they usually exist, ...

Jan. 2 (UPI) --A Washington city may have broken a Guinness World Record by gathering nearly 5,000 people to take a "polar bear dip" into frigid water at the same time. The Birch Bay Chamber of ...

The new year arrived windy and freezing in Brooklyn, but bone-chilling weather couldn’t stop tradition as thousands of people welcomed 2026 at the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge. After a few years of ...

JACKSONPORT, Wis. (WBAY) - What better way to start off the new year than by doing a polar plunge in Door County? The 40 th-annual “Polar Bear Swim” took place at Lakeside Park in Jacksonport, Door ...