Hundreds braved icy waters at Woodlawn Beach — and it paid off big. Find out how much this year’s Buffalo Polar Plunge raised for Special Olympics athletes.

Special Olympics Iowa held their annual Polar Plunge at the Raccoon River Park where hundreds experienced the new “pool on ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)– On Wednesday, NEWS10 previewed videos submitted for the “Polar Plunge Video Contest” to support the Special Olympics of New York. On Thursday, the winning video was revealed. As ...

A lover of animal photography, Christopher Best posted a photo of a polar bear on his Instagram page the day before his death Christopher Best/Facebook A 34-year-old man died after he was attacked by ...

The technician had been photographing polar bears on his time off. A technician was killed by two polar bears at a remote Nunavut station. Safety proposals include manager approval for outdoor access, ...

A Canadian radar technician was mauled to death by a pair of polar bears as he took photos of them while working at a remote Arctic outpost, it emerged this week. Christopher Best, 34, left the safety ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A frigid fundraiser is hitting the road next year. Special Olympics Kansas has announced the dates for its 2026 Polar Plunge, a fundraising event supporting athletes across the ...

In a single year, one polar bear can leave roughly 300 kilograms of prey for other animals to dine on. Altogether, the carnivores provide 7.6 million kilograms of carrion for scavengers throughout the ...

A new study published in the journal Oikos reveals for the first time the critical role polar bears play as carrion providers for Arctic species. Researchers from University of Manitoba and San Diego ...

MADISON, Wis. -- A male polar bear will soon make the short journey north from Chicago to the Henry Vilas Zoo. The Lincoln Park Zoo announced Thursday that Siku, a 15-year-old polar bear, will move to ...