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 ...

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 ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A Virginia opossum made her weather prediction at the Birmingham Zoo on Groundhog Day. The Birmingham Zoo announced Birmingham Jill found an early spring Sunday morning. The ...

The de-icing properties of polar bear sebum could fuel new innovations, scientists say, potentially unlocking alternatives to harmful “forever chemicals” used in ice-resistant coatings today ...

Where The Polar Bears Wait, a half-hour passion project that Gill wrote and produced herself, introduced us to Star - a bear who was rescued 10 years ago as a cub and lives at a zoo in Winnipeg ...

Victoria has been at the Highland Wildlife Park since 2015 Victoria is the oldest of four polar bears kept at the Highland ... born in 1996 at Rostock Zoo in Germany, arrived at the Royal ...

The Mets already stole the offseason show — and a gigantic piece from the Yankees — by landing premier free agent Juan Soto earlier this winter. It looks all but certain now that there will be ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Nashville Zoo loaded a 360-pound bear into the dentist Tuesday. Pinocchio, who is an Andean bear, underwent a root canal. Originally from Ecuador, he was found ...

There's something about polar bears that's always puzzled the people who study them. How do they seem to repel snow? The animals spend their lives in cold climates, sometimes rolling around in ...

Canada's newest $1 coin, featuring an adorable polar bear cub, will delight collectors and nature lovers alike. The Royal Canadian Mint is selling a 2025 Baby Gift Card set. The set includes five ...

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 ...