Grisly bear encounters leading to death and near-fatal injuries have made headlines around the world - here are some of the ...

The golden September sun was wonderfully warm as I passed through the sliding glass doors at the aft of the ninth deck and emerged into a silent, mystical world. There, surrounding the ship and ...

Stephens State Park is located in Hackettstown, New Jersey, which, if you’re not familiar, is a town that sounds like it was named by a group of lumberjacks after a particularly rowdy night out. But ...

So, there you have it – Morphy Lake State Park, the hidden gem of New Mexico. It’s a place where you can fish, hike, camp, and reconnect with nature, all while forgetting about the outside world for a ...

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 ...

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

The de-icing properties of polar bear sebum could fuel new innovations, scientists say, potentially unlocking alternatives to ...

This also left me with a bald head in the cold month of January last year.” For their efforts, the scientists found that ice has a much harder time sticking to unwashed, greasy polar bear hair ...

Polar bears are struggling to survive as sea ice dwindles. Scientists have now quantified how much climate change has drastically reduced the number of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson Bay ...

There's something about polar bears that's always puzzled the people who study them. How do they seem to repel snow? The animals spend their lives in cold climates, sometimes rolling around in ...