The UK's oldest polar bear has been euthanised due to her deteriorating health, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has said. Victoria, who was 28, had been receiving geriatric care at ...

For over 20 years, the local polar bears and Ladoon’s dogs coexisted in this unusual but mutually beneficial arrangement; the bears received food, and the dogs were kept safe from attacks. The ...

There is also a distinct vocabulary of polar English. It is so recently recognised, most of its words are not yet in the most comprehensive record of English, the Oxford English Dictionary.

But a group of scientists has demonstrated that if the world stays on course to warm up to 1.5 degrees — or even stays at its current level of 1.2 degrees above preindustrial levels — polar ...

Victoria was euthanised on Tuesday morning. RZSS said that in the wild only a small percentage of polar bears live past 18 and described Victoria’s age as “testament to the world class care ...

WORCESTER — As Ian Seymour stepped off the pitcher’s mound for the final time Friday afternoon, the Durham Bulls’ starting pitcher saw some familiar faces in the stands. Located behind ...

She was the mother of Hamish, who in 2017 became the first polar bear cub to be born in the UK in 25 years. She later gave birth to Brodie in 2021, with whom she shared her pen. The wildlife ...

The UK’s oldest polar bear has been euthanised after experiencing age-related health problems, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has said. Victoria, aged 28, had been receiving ...

Those looking to get their hands on tickets for the Mid-Norfolk Railway's Polar Express Train Rides were left empty-handed last Wednesday, when ticket sales first launched for the 2025 season.

Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding can now expand production of the future USCGC Polar Sentinel, the first in the new class of Polar Security Cutters, beyond preliminary modules that have been in ...

The U.S. Coast Guard's only heavy icebreaker, the USCGC Polar Star, transits through pack ice in the Southern Ocean, December 2022. (PO3 Aidan Cooney/Coast Guard) Full production of a new polar ...

As the US Coast Guard seeks to build new icebreakers, it must rely on its two existing polar icebreaking ships, including Healy , pictured here transiting the Gulf of Alaska in July 2022.