Rising temperatures and rapidly melting sea ice threaten polar bears across the Arctic. But the bears living 800 miles north of the Arctic Circle have stayed surprisingly fat, researchers report ...

Severe temperatures are expected to dominate most of the country in the coming days, with single-digit temperatures forecast for parts of the Northeast. Overall, temperatures will begin to warm in the ...

PARK CITY, Utah — In the snowy subarctic wilds of northern Manitoba, the Inuit have a word for polar bears who’ve lost their fear of being around humans: avinnaarjuk, or “nuisance bear.” That’s a ...

The polar vortex collapsed, and severe temperatures are set to dominate most of the country in the coming days. Single-digit temperatures are forecast for much of the Northeast, and subzero ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Much of the nation east of the Rocky Mountains is hunkered down for what could be the worst winter storm of the season, followed ...

A major winter storm is impacting much of the nation east of the Rocky Mountains. The storm's intensity is caused by a combination of a stretched polar vortex, a wavy jet stream, and moisture from the ...

The polar vortex is sending arctic blasts and chilly temperatures to most of the United States, and states from Texas to Oklahoma could see snow, sleet and ice. As of Wednesday, Jan. 21, millions of ...

It’s time to dry those Nora-based tears: The Oregon Zoo has a new polar bear, and this one is going to be big. Kallik is a 3-year-old from the St. Louis Zoo, and he’s already making himself at home in ...

Polar has begun rolling out its latest major software update, Polar OS 5, to its current-generation sports watches. While Polar OS 5 doesn’t introduce headline-grabbing new sports profiles, it focuses ...

Over the years, passing spacecraft have observed mystifying weather patterns at the poles of Jupiter and Saturn. The two planets host very different types of polar vortices, which are huge atmospheric ...

The granddaddy of the U.S. Coast Guard fleet is marking its 50th anniversary of service by doing what it does best — breaking ice. The Polar Star, the Coast Guard’s only heavy icebreaker, arrived this ...