The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear.

One of the great marvels of nature is how bears, the largest carnivore in North America, are able to hibernate all winter, ...

How much they weigh: From as little as 60 pounds (27 kilograms) to more than 1,700 pounds (771 kg) ...

The Coney Island Polar Bear Club announced this week that its annual New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge raised more than ...

Pregnant polar bear females usually enter the den in late autumn and remain there throughout the winter. They don't eat ...

The 13th Annual Polar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics Southern California will take place ... The lake is currently at 34 ...

From the minute Pete Alonso was re-introduced to Friday’s sellout crowd at Citi Field, the Mets’ home opener was like a ...

This was likely seen in the most recent winter, around the time of storm Eowyn in late January.” Professor Amanda Maycock at ...