In a nutshell Polar bear fur repels ice thanks to a specialized hair grease (sebum) that gives them ice adhesion strength comparable to high-tech synthetic materials, making it extremely difficult for ...

The Special Olympics Maryland Polar Bear Plunge is a fundraising event in which individuals pledge $100.00 or more for the chance to Plunge into the Chesapeake Bay at Sandy Point State Park in ...

The polar plunge, which was held by Sea Girt Recreation, raised more than $50,000 for Monmouth County Habitat for Humanity. The group's LIFT program provides home repairs to veterans at no cost, said ...

Florida farmers will fill 3 million fewer boxes of oranges this growing season than they projected to pre-Hurricane Milton, ...

While Phil may see his shadow Sunday, forecasters haven't seen theirs. On average, February is Philly's snowiest month.

Sparsely populated and largely impassable, areas within the Arctic Circle are nevertheless becoming one of the most important ...

As climate change brings more boats to the Arctic, the U.S.’s need for boats that can cut through the ice has also increased.

The progression of the species-jumping disease has been unprecedented, including the first-ever U.S. cases of infections in ...

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs renewed a push Thursday to regulate groundwater in rural parts of the drought-stricken state, and she's more optimistic this time that her ...

An atmospheric travesty, and no, it’s not my fault. After flirting with the polar vortex a little more than week ago, yesterday felt like April: 50 degrees at MSP, the 10th-earliest 50 on record. I ...

A Virgin Atlantic aircraft, too, once managed to achieve high subsonic speed in 2019 on a flight from Los Angeles to London.

Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...