“Unwashed, greasy hair made it much harder for ice to stick. In contrast, when the polar bear hair was washed and the grease largely removed it performed similarly to human hair, to which ice sticks ...

If the Super Plungers braved the cold waters of the Chesapeake Bay for 24 plunges in 24 hours over the weekend, you can do it once. More than 50 brave men and women took part in ...

Plungers ran into the cold Chesapeake Bay on Saturday, Feb. 1, marking the 29th annual Special Olympics Maryland Polar Bear Plunge. The fundraising event, in which individuals pledge $100 or more ...

and we've been there since the very beginning.We hope you'll join us in supporting the athletes of Special Olympics Maryland.The Polar Bear Plunge festivities started Wednesday with the Cool ...

Polar bears can live into their early 30s, but an average of 15 to 18 years in the wild. Rebecca says there is an effort at RZSS to prioritise later life care of its animals. She says the bears ...

Nano-physicist Bodil Holst's interest in polar bear fur began while she was watching a German quiz show. "I learned that polar bears are invisible in infrared cameras, meaning their fur has the same ...

WE HAVE ALL THE LINKS THERE. Thousands will dive next week into the frigid waters of the Chesapeake Bay for the 2025 Polar Bear Plunge – some, though, are going the extra mile. With the plunge ...