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 ...

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from ...

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 ...

SHEBOYGAN — New Year's celebrations have always been a way of saying goodbye to the old year and ringing in the new year. Years ago, the holiday was often referred to as Sylvester Eve. Pope Sylvester ...

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 ...