Click your choice to see results and speak your mind. Alaska had its first polar bear attack in 30 years. "If you're attacked by a polar bear, definitely do not play dead — that is a myth," McCall ...

How Alaska’s cold keeps ending up in the Lower 48 A few atmospheric factors — including the polar vortex — have come together to make the US the epicenter of cold this winter. One is a ...

Churchill, Canada — Here on the edge of the Arctic in northern Canada, the annual migration of polar bears draws tourists, photographers and scientists like Geoff York. Buggies traverse the ...

While polar vortex outbreaks are not uncommon, especially in the northern and central Plains, this late-February arrival is particularly intense, pushing conditions to dangerous extremes ...

0:35 International Polar Bear Day at Assiniboine Park Zoo Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park Zoo already has a heavy focus on polar bears, thanks to the acclaimed ‘Journey To Churchill’ exhibit ...

Alaska’s brown bears can rival polar bears in terms of size ... peg-like ears and a short, blocky muzzle. Fat Bear Week is an online competition hosted by the Katmai National Park and Preserve ...

The harsh weather conditions that have hit the US and may continue to do so for the week are linked to a weather phenomenon called the polar vortex. AP Meteorologists had predicted that parts of the ...

A group of people walk toward the pedestrian tunnel that connects Hyde Park to Promontory Point as Presidents Day temperatures dropped and stayed cold across the Chicago area on Monday. Tyler ...

Patience: A polar bear still-hunting on the sea ice of Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada. (Courtesy: Jenny E Ross) In the teeth of the Arctic winter, polar-bear fur always remains free of ice – but how?

Heavy snow falls as a person walks along U.S. Route 42 in Florence, Ky., Monday, Jan. (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) From reproductive ...

I'm Mimi Kiley reporting. The term "polar vortex" usually refers to the gigantic circular upper air weather pattern in the Arctic region. It is a normal pattern that is stronger in the winter and ...