Southern California’s largest snow-tubing park, Big Bear Snow Play, is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and is expected to ...

Researchers found compounds produced in polar bear skin that were as ice resistant as PFAS, offering potential novel ...

To minimize any disturbance, the final approach was made on foot or by ski, and cameras were collected several months later — long after the polar bear families had departed for the sea ice.

The group compared ice resistance in samples of four materials: washed and unwashed polar bear fur, human hair and hair-based ski equipment coated in chemicals called fluorocarbons. They tested ...

To test how well the animals’ fur resists icing, researchers froze blocks of ice to samples of washed and unwashed polar bear fur, as well as human hair attached to a synthetic scalp, and ski ...

Czech cold-water swimmers have set a new world record for the largest polar bear dip. A total of 2,461 took part in the ...

Last year, these warmer temperatures impacted Winter Carnival events, such as the Polar Bear Plunge ... Heavier winter conditions have bolstered skiing as well. Dartmouth Skiway general manager Mark ...

Kali, the polar bear, yawns on Tuesday ... He found Kali there, wrapped him in ski pants and took him to officials. Kali was first sent to the Buffalo Zoo, where he frolicked with a bear of ...