For some in Kansas City, Monday’s snow was a more-than-welcome sight. In a video shared by the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium, ...

A sperm whale lies on its side amid shards of polar pack ice, dead and decomposing, its mouth hanging open in a silent scream. The lateral image on a flat plain resembles a textbook’s illustration of ...

As northern Alaska takes on Polar night, with 64 days of darkness, Antarctica will enter Polar day, with 24 hours of sunlight through February, all due to this Earth’s tilt. Fox Weather Meteorologist ...

UTQIAGVIK, Alaska - Utqiagvik, Alaska has seen its last sunrise this year; America's northernmost settlement will not see the Sun again until Jan. 22, 2026, as Polar Night begins in the Arctic Circle.

A polar bear is to be moved temporarily from his home in the Highlands to a zoo in Yorkshire so building work can be done on his enclosure. Brodie was born at the Royal Zoological Society of ...

Bears at the Oakland Zoo have started their annual transition into winter torpor, a state of reduced activity similar to hibernation. In footage shared by the zoo, the bears can be seen enjoying the ...

Sleepy bears entering winter 'torpor' at Oakland Zoo Bears at the Oakland Zoo splash and relax in the water as they prepare to enter their winter torpor — a seasonal sleep similar to hibernation.

Disturbing new footage shows that lions, bears, and monkeys are still suffering at Bervie Zoo in Kincardine, Ontario—potentially in illegal conditions. One of these animals appears to be Boogie, a ...

The state’s latest plan to kill bears in part of Western Alaska to try to boost a flagging caribou population has drawn a new legal challenge. Environmental groups on Monday filed a lawsuit in state ...

A brown bear stands in water in Katmai National Park on Sept. 27, 2022. A new lawsuit has targeted a revived predator control program that aims to boost Mulchatna caribou herd numbers by killing bears ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. Growing up in Canada, I always considered the Arctic part of my ...