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 ...

Polar bears have adapted perfectly to their Arctic home. This includes not only the thick layer of blubber and the warm fur - it also has to be unwashed and greasy, as a study shows. The post Oily ...

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 ...

Polar bears are masters of survival in one of the harshest environments on Earth. With temperatures plummeting well below freezing and a habitat that consists largely of ice and water, these ...

As polar ice continues to melt at alarming rates, Arctic and Antarctic wildlife are facing unprecedented challenges. From ...

The Arctic is one of the coldest and least populated regions on Earth much of it covered by ice But in recent years it has become one of the most impor ...

They really did have the notion that northern Sweden was some icebound hell-hole for ten months of the year. I think they expected to see polar bears stranded on bobbing ice floes. Admittedly, back ...

A tense thriller with a seriously impressive 91% Rotten Tomatoes score has just landed on Amazon Prime Video. Arctic is a ...

The Valentine Plunge has raised nearly $5 million for the Joan Dancy and P.A.L.S. (People with ALS) Foundation.

The bear, affectionately known by neighbors as Barry, was ultimately lured into a trap with apples, peanut butter and rotisserie chicken Shyla Watson is a digital news editor at PEOPLE.