The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear.

To a layperson, it’s footage of adorable polar bear cubs with their moms against the backdrop of endless Arctic snow. For researchers who study the animals, however, it’s a rare and incredibly ...

The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky ...

Although it was only briefly seen during the live webcast of its launch, the Fram2 mission's zero-gravity indicator was instantly recognizable. The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit around ...

MELBOURNE — The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky outcrops home to polar bears in the Arctic to tiny tropical ...

Siku, a polar bear at Lincoln Park Zoo, developed allergies to various substances including human hair dander (Credit: Lincoln Park Zoo) It may be that zoo animals are so well cared for they ...

And it was his friend, the TV adventurer Bear Grylls, who was on hand to assist in the ceremony. With this statement sign of his conversion to Christianity coming little more than six months after ...

If I hadn’t set free Tyler, the polar bear zero-gravity indicator, I might not have realized we were already weightless. I think being tightly strapped into our seat buckets made the transition ...

Filmmaker Coyote Peterson has gathered a team of prominent experts in wildlife to forensically recount the near-fatal bear ...

The animal caretakers at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center are no strangers to snow days, but not all of their animals ...