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

COPPERAS COVE — One day ahead of an expected icy winter blast, hundreds of runners ... Park in Copperas Cove for the 2025 5K to the Polar Bear Plunge. After three laps around the designated ...

A fat polar bear is a bear more likely to thrive in its extreme Arctic environment. So, when scientists discovered polar bear populations were dropping rapidly, they created a framework to ...

Most mammalian hair can freeze when it gets wet in cold temperatures — think human beards on a frosty winter day. But, Bodil noticed, polar bear fur did not freeze after getting wet.

Snyder, 74, of Lewisburg, said she is participating in the 21st Annual Lewisburg Polar Bear Plunge on Saturday for the second time. She joins an expected 250 other people who will jump into the ...

A candidate for leadership of the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives says he won’t apologize for making a joke about tackling homelessness by letting polar bears roam free in Winnipeg.

Polar bears have a built-in defense against ice — greasy fur. A team of scientists has discovered that their fur is coated in ...

The Rotary Club of Athens will host its 14th annual Polar Bear Plungefest on Saturday, Feb. 8 at Lake Chapman in Sandy Creek Park. By registering to take a plunge into the cold water of Lake ...

Trudging through winter ... the news and keeping an eye on incoming storms. To help you get through these next several weeks, we at the Scene have compiled the best theater, dance, visual art ...

A polar vortex is slated to sweep ... Here are other areas expected to be hit with impacts from the winter weather. Anthony Robledo is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY.

Celebrate the mid of winter when the Elizabethan Gallery sponsors the annual Winter Art Thaw, an open house and art opening, 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 20, at 680 Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge.