As part of Polar Bear Week (Nov. 2-8), a new artificial intelligence-based system, which has been in a testing phase in the Far North for several years, has been officially launched to alert communiti ...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- What better way to jump into the new year than a dip in Lake Michigan. Hundreds of people woke up on New Year's Day to brave the 26th Annual Waukegan Polar Bear Plunge. "People ...

There’s a large landmark in White Bear Lake that people have been looking up to for decades. A giant polar bear sits outside Walser Polar Chevrolet in White Bear Lake. “That polar bear, it really is a ...

The NC Zoo reported Thursday that Payton, its beloved, 1,000-pound male polar bear, died on Wednesday, just short of his 20th birthday. Payton was traveling to the zoo in Louisville, Ky., for a ...