Video shows an adorable polar bear splashing and swimming in the sunshine in her fresh saltwater pool at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington.

A Tik Tok of polar bear Laerke caused some concerns, but zoo staff said she is a “special needs” bear who often displays that ...

When the bear slipped into the water, he just waited. 'There was just a flat, world of water and ice and this polar bear swimming lazily around me. I could hear her slow, regular breathing as she ...

Zoo workers tossed rescue rings toward the woman to hoist her out and distract polar bears swimming nearby ... At one point the woman fell back into the water and was grabbed by a bear before ...

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.

Expedition Odyssey replaces Wild Arctic, a forgettable motion simulator ride that officially retired in 2020. Some complained ...

April 14 (UPI) --A total 2,461 bathers braved the frigid waters of the Czech Republic's second-largest lake to break a world record for the largest polar bear dip ... where the water was measured ...

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.

Polar bears are the planet’s biggest ... sense of smell they can detect a seal in the water beneath a metre of compacted snow, and from almost a kilometre away. Adults are strong swimmers – they can ...