Three experts share the science behind taking a dip in cold water—and offer safety tips that any potential plungers should ...

On the Door County Peninsula, what started as a simple idea decades ago is now an annual tradition in Jacksonport.

Despite warnings from safety officials, caution tape and heavy rain, more than 50 people dove into Sycamore Pool for the ...

Bone-chilling weather couldn’t stop tradition as thousands of people welcomed 2026 at the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge.

The rare event marks the 13th known instance of adoption within this well-studied group of polar bears living in the western ...

WAUSAU − The Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Wisconsin is returning to Wausau in 2026, and the event will use the ...

It was a far cry from jumping into wintry ocean water, but the city parks and recreation department's 2026 Polar Plunge was ...

Thousands of people jumped into Barton Springs Pool for a time-honored tradition of the annual Polar Bear Plunge.

As the Arctic warms and sea ice disappears, polar bears are being pushed into conditions they have never faced before. Their ...

Regardless of their reasons for polar plunging, thousands of Coloradans jump in frigid water and come out shivering, grinning and ready to return next year.

A genetic analysis of polar bears in southeast Greenland found that genes related to heat-stress, aging, and metabolism are ...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- The 27th annual Waukegan Polar Bear Plunge took place in frigid weather Thursday morning: It's a New ...