This record-setting event beat the previous global record of 1,799 participants, which was set in Poland in 2015 during the XIIth Ice Swimmers Convention.

A total 2,461 bathers braved the frigid waters of the Czech Republic's second-largest lake to break a world record for the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. New twin polar bears Kallik and Kalu were seen for the first time by the public on March 25, 2025 at the St. Louis Zoo ...

to take a polar bear plunge. You might think you've been in freezing water before, especially if you've ever taken a swim in the cold crystalline spring waters found in the Florida panhandle.

Because polar bears spend so much time on the water, they're classified as marine mammals. Bears have a great sense of smell that helps them sniff out food. There are eight species of bear: the ...

Authorities in Vicksburg are warning people of the impact rising water of the Mississippi River can have on wildlife.Thursday, the Vicksburg Police Department said they were called after a family of ...

Dmitry Kokh captured polar bears looking out of the windows of an ... "They just need a seal and some water and they're fine. They're unusual animals," he adds. They can subsist on this high ...

Polar bears are hardy creatures—they can fast for upward of 180 days and swim hundreds of miles without ... as well as access to Canada’s only deep-water port in the Arctic.

The PDR Thunder Bay Polar Bear Plunge was held on Sunday at Marina Park and saw more than 430 plungers willingly jump into the icy waters of Lake Superior for a good cause.

These two polar bears were caught on camera enjoying a playful water fight, splashing in the frigid waters... The post Polar ...

A bill would expand the public water system to Fairfield residents whose private wells have been contaminated by toxic ...