With over 170 million Americans facing below-average temperatures, even colder air may be on the horizon thanks to the displacement of the polar vortex that will lock in the feel of winter and park ...

Two colleagues awarded the Polar Medal have called it "doubly nice" to get their recognition at the same time. The medal, which is given to individuals for outstanding achievements in the field of ...

Three members of a family, including a child, were injured by a polar bear in a rare attack in the far north of Siberia, Russian officials said Monday. Local police "received a report of a polar bear ...

One hundred and six years of tradition have made Vancouver’s Polar Bear Swim in English Bay one of the city’s most popular events, changing over the years as people do. Terry Saik hasn’t missed a ...

The stormy start to 2026 didn't stop people from getting in their shorts and swimsuits and plunging into the ocean at the Avila Beach Polar Bear Plunge. The annual tradition held on New Year's Day is ...

If you're thinking about joining the hundreds of people who will take to the frigid waters off Coney Island on New Year’s Day for the annual Polar Bear Plunge, medical experts have some advice. The ...

Researchers in northern Canada have observed a rare case of polar bear adoption, capturing video footage of a wild female bear caring for a cub that was not her own. "Cub adoption is relatively rare ...

Snow season has gotten off to a fast start across swaths of the northern United States this year. Fueled in part by an unusually early disruption to the polar vortex — which is now easing — 18 states ...

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 ...

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Credit: Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman is supplying an extra, classified payload to be integrated onto the U.S. Space Force’s next-generation overhead persistent infrared (OPIR) polar-based ...

Before it became a symbol of Christmas magic, the train that inspired the cult classic, "The Polar Express" hauled steel, wartime freight and Michigan history across the rails. Built in 1941, the Pere ...