Polar hair hair oil has natural non-stick qualities that help these animals from getting stuck on ice, says PhD candidate Julian Carolan. (© Kieran McIver / Polar Bears International) Polar bears ...

Polar bears Lee and Aurora at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium will be featured in an upcoming episode of "Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild." The episode will air on NBC at 10 a.m ...

Estimates show that there are between 22,000 and 31,000 polar bears left in the world, which does not include the 300 or so polar bears in captivity. However, a Reuters article indicates that polar ...

Humans continue to visit the Antarctic to explore, research and document the polar environment, as well as participate in the whaling and sealing ... Above Antarctica, in the stratosphere, ...

It’s really, really cold again — as the US shivers through at least the eighth blast of air from the Arctic this winter. Winter, which is warming faster than any other season for much of the ...

Churchill, Canada — Here on the edge of the Arctic in northern Canada, the annual migration of polar bears draws tourists, photographers and scientists like Geoff York. Buggies traverse the ...

The harsh weather conditions that have hit the US and may continue to do so for the week are linked to a weather phenomenon called the polar vortex. AP Meteorologists had predicted that parts of the ...

NSIDC's Polar Stereographic Projection was originally designed to be optimal for sea ice applications, though it is now used for many other products. Northern Hemisphere (left) and Southern Hemisphere ...