This experiment showed that the ice adhesion of unwashed polar bear fur is exceptionally low. While the often-accepted threshold for “icephobicity” is around 100 kPa, the unwashed fur measured as ...

Utah’s Hogle Zoo is twice the fun this February with a Polar Bear Celebration and a new addition of a giraffe calf! The zoo received a male ...

The term “polar vortex” usually refers to the gigantic circular upper air weather pattern in the Arctic region. It is a ...

If you're brave enough to take the wintry swim, dust off your bathing suit and find your flip-flops because the 21st annual ...

Meteorologists warn that the coldest burst of Arctic air this season is coming to put an icy and prolonged exclamation point ...

A lobe of the polar vortex, a ring of freezing air typically found near the North Pole, will once again move into the central ...

The National Weather Service warned of “life-threatening cold” into Tuesday, with temperatures in northeastern Montana ...

The world’s most northernmost town Longyearbyen is part of the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. Every winter, its ...

The zoo had its own "beary" special Valentine's Day with polar bears Qannik and Bo. The polar bears spent the day playing and enjoying a meal together. Qannik was rescued from Alaska's North Slope in ...

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

Grizzly bear Tim enjoys his tree enrichment at Brookfield Zoo Chicago. More than 900 Balsam fir trees used during Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s Holiday Magic event are repurposed every year as mulch, ...

A polar bear cub was captured playfully snuggling its mom in Canada, heartwarming video shows.