CHARLESTON — In a melting glacial landscape, two very different creatures follow a journey of conflict, silliness and unsuspecting friendship in one of this year's family-friendly Spoleto stage ...

The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit around Earth chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator — a plush white *polar* bear ... of an emperor penguin embroidered on ...

The Fram2 polar bear with its penguin embroidery will fly with the mission's four astronauts as they span the distance between the North and South poles every 46 minutes. After spending about ...