Cold temps are not uncommon in January, but the polar vortex-related extremes the Elgin-area will see Friday are downright ...

The January charity event was scheduled for Saturday but temperatures expected to hover just above single digits forced its ...

Despite being notorious for bringing brutal cold and dangerous wind chills, the polar vortex has a surprising upside.

"I don't think anyone's made this connection between the surface fluid pattern and the interior properties of these planets." ...

Year-round, severe, Artic air is usually kept tightly contained in the North Pole. Arctic wind patterns create a sort of wall ...

My dog Lola would absolutely lose her entire mind if she saw a polar bear in real life, but for now we’re both glued to a ...

Brookfield Zoo, which has cared for generations of polar bears, hopes to offer guidelines for an area where mothers den at ...

Rising Arctic temperatures and melting sea ice could be causing cold air to flow into the Northern Hemisphere. But not all ...

Security footage shows a polar bear joyfully playing in the snow at the Saint Louis Zoo after the area saw between 8 and 12 ...

A severe winter storm sweeping across the central and eastern U.S. in late January 2026 is threatening states from Texas to ...

Get set for this polar plunge to persist throughout the rest of this workweek and likely right through the weekend!