Warming temperatures appear to be driving genetic mutations in some polar bears to help them survive the shifting climatic conditions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

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Researchers tracking wild polar bears in northern Canada have witnessed something exceedingly rare: a mother bear adopting a cub that was not biologically her own. The five-year-old mother bear and ...

The extent and speed of ice moving off the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica into the sea—an important dynamic for ...

On January 1, some hardy souls will greet the new year not by nursing a champagne hangover in bed, but by plunging into frigid water. In New York City, thousands of people participate in a seaside ...

With Christmas Day upon us, film fans will no doubt be drawing up their Christmas watchlists, and many are sure to put Robert Zemeckis's film The Polar Express right near the top. The 2004 movie, ...

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With snow on the ground and still breezy, temperatures along the Interstate 95 corridor may feel more like the teens into early morning, with wind chills in New England possibly dropping into single ...

One of the most attractive critters at the zoo splashes through frigid waters in transparent-white fur and black skin. These incredible creatures are polar bears, the beauties of the Arctic Circle.