This experiment showed that the ice adhesion of unwashed polar bear fur is exceptionally low. While the often-accepted ...

Plungers ran into the cold Chesapeake Bay this weekend marking the 29th annual Special Olympics Maryland Polar Bear Plunge. Check out photos from the cold event.

After a summer of fasting on land, the bears need to get back to their frozen home to hunt seals and bulk up. But their migration ritual is changing.

New research finds that grease that coats polar bear fur contains a specialized mixture of chemicals that make it resistant ...

A polar bear cub was captured playfully snuggling its mom in Canada, heartwarming video shows.

Three years later she was a media star after giving birth to Hamish - the first polar bear cub to be born in the UK in 25 years. Visitor numbers to the park soared and its gift shop was stuffed ...

Inuit people made sandals from polar bear pelts to move in almost complete silence across the ice. “I just thought: ‘Well, this is fascinating. How can this be?’” Holst said. So Holst ...