The polar bears at the Buffalo Zoo are kept comfortable in the hottest months of the year with climate controlled habitats and always-cool swimming pools.

The Potlach Club on the island of Eleuthera, where movie stars lounged and Paul McCartney honeymooned, was in ruins for ...

The Coney Island Polar Bear Club announced this week that its annual New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge raised more than $60,000, benefiting seven local Coney Island non-profits. The event, hosted in ...

Cold temperatures didn’t stop a huge crowd from participating in the 122nd Annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year’s Day Plunge.

People participate in the 122nd annual Polar Bear Plunge in Coney Island, in Brooklyn borough of New York City, NY, January 1, 2025. The New Year's Day event expected to draw over 4,000 swimmers ...

2025 is officially upon us, and as usual, the Coney Island Polar Bear Club started off the year with a dip in the Atlantic Ocean. Wednesday’s temperatures reached the lower 50s, but it was ...

POLAR BEAR ALERT: Coney Island is the place to be on New Year’s Day with thousands expected to welcome 2025 with a high-energy dip.

The event brought out 6,000 swimmers who participated in the plunge and over 40,000 spectators to Coney Island Beach, according to Club president Dennis Thomas.

Thousands of plungers raised more than $124,000 for the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge on New Year’s Day.

Thousands of brr-ave swimmers descended on Coney Island to ring in the new year Monday — with an icy dip in the North Atlantic Ocean as a part of the 121st annual polar bear plunge.