Revelers in costumes get their photo taken before they enter the cold water during the annual Polar Bear Plunge on New Year’s Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in New York.

Thousands of New Yorkers braved the cold weather and water to plunge into the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday as part of the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge. Hosted by the Coney Island Polar Bear ...

The public hunt, which kicked off in November, has swelled online discussion groups and sent aspiring millionaires searching from Vermont to California. It marks one of the most valuable ...

The annual Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge drew thousands of people to the beach on New Year’s Day as participants took a freezing dip to ring in 2025 while raising record funds for local nonprofit ...

Local hunters are voicing frustration over the use of hounds in what was an extremely short 2024 fall bear hunt in Game Management Unit 1, located largely in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests ...

I don’t care how crazy that makes me sound.” It’s all for the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club’s New Year’s Day Polar Plunge. “I am 60 years old, but when I jump in that water I ...

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 ...

While they might not have been able to feel their toes, some Islanders say they now feel ready for 2025 after doing the polar bear plunge in Summerside, P.E.I., on Wednesday. Many ran into the ...

On Wednesday, various polar bear swims are happening across the Island, including in Oak Bay, Sidney, Sooke, Lake Cowichan and Parksville, to name a few. At Oak Bay’s Willows Beach, the swim ...

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Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska is home to the largest bear on earth, the Kodiak Bear. At least 2,500 bears live on the island and the animal is regarded as the world’s biggest land predator ...