St Dunstan’s learners, parents and staff plunged into icy water for charity, raising funds and collecting blankets in the fourth annual Polar Bear Swim.

It’s pure joy when Phyllis Emmert paints her whimsical animal scenes; she’s in her own world, in her element, where she ...

Two Maine Coons, Baylor and Duke, not only fit the bill of what it means to live up to the breed’s best traits, but far ...

The first time Chris Tarrant was nearly killed by a bear he had a terrible hangover. 'I lay down and fell asleep by a path in ...

A male polar bear walking on sea ice in Svalbard. Combined with GPS data, the devices offer a detailed record of how the bears roam, how they rest and what they endure.

A dramatic video captured a man fleeing a charging polar bear in Norway after dropping his gun and hopping onto a snowmobile. The incident reportedly unfolded in Pyramiden – an Arctic town in ...

Jimmy Doherty is best known for his TV shows with Jamie Oliver and his own series Jimmy's Farm, but off camera he lives a very different life with his wife and four daughters ...

Siku, a polar bear at Lincoln Park Zoo, developed allergies to various substances including human hair dander (Credit: Lincoln Park Zoo) It may be that zoo animals are so well cared for they ...

In 2018, staff at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago began to notice something unusual about a male polar bear named Siku. He was losing hair, revealing patches of black skin underneath. Evidently itchy ...

To a layperson, it’s footage of adorable polar bear cubs with their moms against the backdrop of endless Arctic snow. For researchers who study the animals, however, it’s a rare and incredibly ...

Polar bear cubs were seen taking first steps as scientists study the effects of climate change on their development. Timelapse footage shows two arctic bear cubs and their mother wandering through ...

Still, this week’s more light-hearted social media post offered some respite from tragedy, if not the cold, and was good humor with a few folks imagining a polar bear actually was roaming around ...