The chilling waters of the Susquehanna River worked its magic on Paula Snyder in 2023. Snyder, 74, of Lewisburg, said she is participating in the 21st Annual Lewisburg Polar Bear Plunge on Saturday ...

(Brian Krista/Staff) Members of the Bikers Without Borders Maryland Chapter 7, representing Westminster, make their way to the water during the 2025 Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge at ...

are often used to make non-stick and water-resistant materials. The researchers say engineers could use the ingredients found in polar bear sebum to create safer products. “If we do it in the ...

A fat polar bear is a bear more likely to thrive in its extreme Arctic environment. So, when scientists discovered polar bear populations were dropping rapidly, they created a framework to understand ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Polar bears at the Louisville Zoo are now interacting with each other just in time for breeding season. It's been a long process to get to this point, and there is ...

Wildlife is abundant in this remote and fragile area, and we were looking for seals and polar bears. NGM Maps When we anchored the boat at the fjord ice, we spotted several seals resting on the ...

Researchers from the University of Toronto have established a direct link between the population decline in polar bears living in Western Hudson Bay and shrinking sea ice caused by climate change. The ...

Despite this, polar bear fur does not accumulate ice – a property Inuit peoples have long used to make ice-resistant clothing, as well as hunting stools that can slide noiselessly across ice. The ...