Oregon Zoo Polar Bear Ice Bath Video Goes Viral — and There’s a Touching Effort Behind It

A polar bear rolling in a tub of ice water captivated millions on TikTok, but the Oregon Zoo animal at the center of the ...

This 2,209-Pound Polar Bear is the Largest Bear Ever Recorded

Polar bears are the largest of the bear species. Thanks to their protein-rich and fat-filled diets, these unique marine bears ...
Alaska Public Media

Six years after the last polar bear boat tour in Kaktovik, the community is working to bring the industry back

Nathan Gordon Jr. drove his truck on the spit right outside of Kaktovik in early March. He is the city mayor and leads the town's polar bear patrol program. Under his back seat, he had a shotgun, and ...
Phys.org

Seals risk death by polar bear for a varied meal, study finds

As climate change reshapes Arctic food webs, ringed seals will swim into risky polar bear territory if the menu is varied enough. This is the central finding of a new study published in Ecology ...
KRQE Blogs

Polar Bear Day celebrated at ABQ BioPark

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Lots of people came out to the BioPark in honor of International Polar Bear Day. The event raises awareness for polar bear conservation and coincides with the time period ...
The News Journal

Rehoboth cancels 2026 Polar Bear Plunge after major snowstorm

Rehoboth Beach has canceled the upcoming 2026 Lewes Polar Bear Plunge and 5K Run to the Plunge as the Sussex County resort town continues dealing with the aftermath of last weekend's snowstorm, ...
WUWM

Will these polar bears 'swipe right' on each other? Love at the Madison zoo

The world’s polar bear population has been in decline for a while, due to climate change. But some bears at the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison could be doing their part to reverse that trend — with a ...
collider

'Nuisance Bear' Review: In Case You Forgot, Climate Change Sucks

In the northern corner of the Canadian province of Manitoba lies the small town of Churchill, colloquially known as the "Polar Bear Capital of the World." Here, polar bears have become a common part ...
Minnesota Daily

Love is in the air at Como Park Zoo’s Polar Bear Odyssey

A new romance is unfolding in Como Park Zoo & Conservatory’s polar bear habitat — and zookeepers say it could help shape the future of polar bears in North American zoos. Astra, a 5-year-old female ...
Outdoor Life

A Polar Bear Tried to Eat My Neighbor — and Other Close Calls With Nanuq in Alaska’s High Arctic

Add Outdoor Life (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. A ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Nuisance Bear’ Review: Transfixing Study of Polar Bears in the Canadian Arctic Reflects on the Steep Two-Way Costs of Human Interaction

Winner of the Sundance U.S. Documentary Competition’s Grand Jury Prize, Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden’s film is both a nature doc and a haunting ethnographic portrait. By David Rooney Chief ...
Capital Gazette

2026 MSP Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park | PHOTOS

The 30th annual Special Olympics Maryland Polar Bear Plunge looked different than past years due to the extreme cold and a layer of ice on the ground. According to the National Weather Service, at the ...