University of Bergen and Trinity College researchers have found that polar bear sebum, or hair grease, is as ice-resistant as ...

It’s pure joy when Phyllis Emmert paints her whimsical animal scenes; she’s in her own world, in her element, where she ...

Two Maine Coons, Baylor and Duke, not only fit the bill of what it means to live up to the breed’s best traits, but far ...

The Norwegian government said visitors to Svalbard have “a duty to retreat to a legal distance” if they encounter a polar bear that is too close. Ships are also banned from carrying more than 200 ...

The UK's oldest polar bear has been euthanised due to her deteriorating health, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has said. Victoria, who was 28, had been receiving geriatric care at ...

A male polar bear walking on sea ice in Svalbard. Combined with GPS data, the devices offer a detailed record of how the bears roam, how they rest and what they endure.

A dramatic video captured a man fleeing a charging polar bear in Norway after dropping his gun and hopping onto a snowmobile. The incident reportedly unfolded in Pyramiden – an Arctic town in ...

In the case of the Andean bear, traditionally considered extremely silent, the discovery is even more revealing. What we are hearing is, at the very least, the beginning of a bear’s climax.

The research team installed time-lapse cameras facing the entrance of each suspected polar bear den. (K.T. Miller/Polar Bears International), Author provided (no reuse) A feat of endurance ...

And it’s partly what the fur has — and what it lacks. Polar bear fur contains a cocktail of greasy compounds that make it exceptionally resistant to freezing, Holst and her colleagues reported last ...

Plungers ran into the cold Chesapeake Bay this weekend marking the 29th annual Special Olympics Maryland Polar Bear Plunge. Check out photos from the cold event.

People plunge into freezing Lake Michigan during Chicago Polar Bear Club 24th annual Polar Plunge event at Oak Street Beach on Jan. 25, 2025. The event was sold out after selling 1,000 tickets.