Polar bears survive extreme cold with a thick layer of fur and a layer of fat beneath their skin to insulate against freezing temperatures.

As temperatures start to drop in preparation for this week's polar vortex, local churches and organizations are opening their ...

January is about to get frightfully colder in parts of the US and it’s time for the first polar vortex of 2025. While such weather phenomena are common at times, the upcoming polar vortex forecasted ...

the albino grizzly bear who was repeatedly mistaken for a polar bear, left a lasting legacy of awareness and change. His story raised important issues in wildlife management and inspired efforts to ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — A new tool that predicts the behavior of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before they devastate food crops in Africa and ...

Archaeologists have discovered the oldest ever human footprints from 115,000 years ago and they shouldn't be there ...

For the elephants and others at the Berlin Zoo, it's finally time to unwrap their Christmas presents. Trees that didn't find ...

Learn how to survive an encounter with a giant desert centipede.

On Dec. 8, the Palm Springs Air Museum transformed into a dazzling runway for the 15th annual Animal Samaritans Men of the Desert Fashion Show and Luncheon. The opening reception featured a silent ...

15, 2024 — Animals and plants also live ... based survey of lichen species at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, USA and Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station in Nunavut, Canada was ...

Divers and daredevils jumped into Stansbury Lake's frigid waters in what has been the park's annual tradition for 15 years.

Most likely, I could fight off a pack of flesh-craving timber wolves in the thick forests around Lake Superior in winter. That’s what I reasoned with mass delusion, as I drove towards the largest ...