The Polar Express Train Ride returns to Portland, Maine, for 2025. Find out more about the festive event and how to get tickets here.

As the train climbs the steep grade toward “the North Pole” (Frostburg transformed with holiday decorations), you’ll pass through the “Narrows,” a dramatic mountain gap carved by Wills Creek that has ...

Is there anything better than diving into cold water in the summertime? Polar bears love plunging into refreshing water as well. These Arctic animals enjoy swimming just like humans do, and one ...

In the summer of 1959, the polar bear died. Despite the zoo’s best efforts to keep him cool, the bear succumbed to the unrelenting Madras heat. An abscess developed, and the animal didn’t survive.

A man narrowly escapes a charging polar bear in Svalbard, Norway, as a guest captures the terrifying midnight chase on video.

Video footage from the Arctic town of Pyramiden on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard shows the polar bear charging at a man who fired at him.

Polar bear-inhabited islands affected by Trump tariffs Here’s a look at some target territories that have little to no production, exports or role in the global economy ...

The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear. The doll also has an emperor penguin embroidered on its chest.

To a layperson, it’s footage of adorable polar bear cubs with their moms against the backdrop of endless Arctic snow. For researchers who study the animals, however, it’s a rare and incredibly ...

A female polar bear will be transferred to the Detroit Zoo as part of a species breeding recommendation.

The waning days of winter Polar bear mothers in the Arctic generally give birth in early January around the start of the new year. The cubs are born completely blind, do not have their signature ...