With one foot braced on the helicopter's landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquilizer dart at a polar bear. The predator bolted but soon slumped into the ...

Polar bears may not be the vicious killers you imagine, but it’s still wise not to get too close. Now you don’t have to, as a team of biologists has captured rare footage of cubs taking their ...

In a study published in The Journal of Wildlife Management, we used remote cameras to study polar bear families as they emerged from their dens in Svalbard, Norway, gaining insight into the ...

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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 ...

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 ...

People plunge into freezing Lake Michigan during Chicago Polar Bear Club 24th annual Polar Plunge event at Oak Street Beach on Jan. 25, 2025. The event was sold out after selling 1,000 tickets.

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These amazing images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show the Arctic animals at their fierce but adorable best A polar bear mother and her clingy, but cute, cubs are photographed along ...

Calgary Zoo A polar bear has died after engaging in "rough play” with another polar bear at a Canadian zoo. The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo announced in a news release on Tuesday, July 23 ...