The polar bears at the Buffalo Zoo are kept comfortable in the hottest months of the year with climate controlled habitats and always-cool swimming pools.

The Semiahmoo band of Straits Salish people called the site Tsan-wuch, or Say-wak, the latter meaning “people saved from a flood by building a raft." I suspect they named it ...

Cold temperatures didn’t stop a huge crowd from participating in the 122nd Annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year’s Day Plunge.

Thousands of participants rang in the new year with a cold jump into the water at Coney Island for the 122nd annual Polar Bear Plunge on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025.

CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Thousands of costumed participants braved frigid waters to kick off the new year and support local charities during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge on ...

CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Several thousands welcomed 2025 with a nice cold dip as part of the annual Coney Island Polar Bear plunge on Wednesday. The event, put on by The Alliance for Coney ...

2025 is officially upon us, and as usual, the Coney Island Polar Bear Club started off the year with a dip in the Atlantic Ocean. Wednesday’s temperatures reached the lower 50s, but it was ...

People participate in the 122nd annual Polar Bear Plunge in Coney Island, in Brooklyn borough of New York City, NY, January 1, 2025. The New Year's Day event expected to draw over 4,000 swimmers ...

Thousands of plungers raised more than $124,000 for the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge on New Year’s Day.

Thousands of brr-ave swimmers descended on Coney Island to ring in the new year Monday — with an icy dip in the North Atlantic Ocean as a part of the 121st annual polar bear plunge.