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

More than 1,000 people participated in the Wildwood Polar Bear Plunge last month – a longstanding tradition in the Shore community. The event is a fundraiser for Special Olympics New Jersey. The event ...

LONDON – As Gillian Brisley and her husband, Pete, watched their son-in-law’s release from captivity on Saturday morning, she ...

The Hudson and Granite Falls libraries held some wintertime craft events for young kids last week with its Arctic Friends Craft Party, where around 14 kids and their parents dropped by the Library ...

The bear, affectionately known by neighbors as Barry, was ultimately lured into a trap with apples, peanut butter and rotisserie chicken Shyla Watson is a digital news editor at PEOPLE.

DUBLIN — In the harsh Arctic environment, where polar bears regularly plunge into freezing waters to hunt seals, a remarkable thing happens: unlike your car windshield on a winter morning, their fur ...

“It’s pretty simple – the survival of cubs directly impacts the survival of the population,” says Archer, whose research is funded through a Mitacs Elevate postdoctoral fellowship and the non-profit ...

"It's pretty simple — the survival of cubs directly impacts the survival of the population," says Archer, whose research is funded through a Mitacs Elevate postdoctoral fellowship and the non-profit ...

“It’s pretty simple – the survival of cubs directly impacts the survival of the population,” said Archer. Her research is supported by a Mitacs Elevate postdoctoral fellowship and the non-profit ...

The de-icing properties of polar bear sebum could fuel new innovations, scientists say, potentially unlocking alternatives to harmful “forever chemicals” used in ice-resistant coatings today ...

There's something about polar bears that's always puzzled the people who study them. How do they seem to repel snow? The animals spend their lives in cold climates, sometimes rolling around in ...