WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- What better way to jump into the new year than a dip in Lake Michigan. Hundreds of people woke up on New Year's Day to brave the 26th Annual Waukegan Polar Bear Plunge. "People ...

A beloved polar bear at a Canada zoo died suddenly by drowning this week. According to the Calgary Zoo in Calgary, Alberta, Baffin, a 7-year-old male polar bear, died by drowning following a crushing ...

COEUR d’ALENE, Idaho – The water temperature was a balmy 33 degrees, 17 degrees warmer than the air. That couldn’t stop people from plunging into Lake Coeur d’Alene for a beloved local New Year’s Day ...

Steve Therrien of Superior had wanted to make this trip for 20 years. He knew the Sutton River, which flows to Hudson Bay, was known for its big brook trout. He and his fishing partner, Charlie ...

This video was captured in Scotland at Highland Wildlife Park and this is the UK's youngest little white polar bear, who has now finally been named after *** Royal Zoological Society naming contest.

Silverthorne is celebrating the start of 2025 with its First Friday winter party featuring ice fishing, ice skating and a polar plunge at North Pond Park on Friday, Jan. 3, from 2-7:30 p.m. Attendees ...

The NC Zoo reported Thursday that Payton, its beloved, 1,000-pound male polar bear, died on Wednesday, just short of his 20th birthday. Payton was traveling to the zoo in Louisville, Ky., for a ...