Led by University of Manitoba professor and behavioral ecologist Dr. Jane Waterman, the Whiskerprint Project is pioneering the use of whisker pattern analysis to identify individual polar bears in ...

How the polar vortex brings record low temperatures and winter storms. ... It's a normal pattern that is stronger in the winter and tends to keep the coldest weather bottled up near the North Pole.

Three interesting features in the weather pattern, including a weaker polar vortex, could combine to make the rest of January and February more active for winter storms and cold in the eastern ...