White fur, blubbery skin, sharp claws. Polar bears seem perfectly adapted to their frigid habitat up north. Now, researchers have discovered the bears have another unexpected Arctic adaptation ...

It’s really, really cold again — as the US shivers through at least the eighth blast of air from the Arctic this winter. Winter, which is warming faster than any other season for much of the ...

To prevent another Kumbh-related tragedy, colour-coded enclosures ... stampede broke out after a rumour spread that the Prayagraj Express was going to arrive on a different platform.

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 struggling to survive as sea ice dwindles. Scientists have now quantified how much climate change has drastically reduced the number of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson Bay ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Polar bear fur possesses anti-icing properties due to its greasy sebum, composed of cholesterol, diacylglycerols, and fatty acids, which prevents ice from ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Harsh cold descended on the nation’s midsection Monday as a polar vortex gripped the Rockies and Northern Plains on the heels of weekend storms that pummeled the Eastern U.S ...

THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS YOU RAISE AND DONATE FOR THE POLAR BEAR PLUNGE ACCOUNT FOR OVER 40% OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND, HELPING ATHLETES PLAY WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY.

I'm Mimi Kiley reporting. The term "polar vortex" usually refers to the gigantic circular upper air weather pattern in the Arctic region. It is a normal pattern that is stronger in the winter and ...

Last week’s intrusion of polar air followed events like one that overwhelmed Texas’s power grid in 2021 and another that set record lows across the hardy Midwest in 2014. It remains to be seen ...

Harpreet Chandi, who is nicknamed Polar Preet, had hoped to set off in March from Ellesmere Island, Canada, for the trek of just under 500 miles on shifting sea ice. But the 36-year-old adventurer ...