New research finds that grease that coats polar bear fur contains a specialized mixture of chemicals that make it resistant ...

Polar bears need all the help they can get to survive their frosty Arctic environment. One of their biggest survival secrets appears to be greasy hair. The sebum–or hair grease–on their fur ...

SOME SNOWY MILESTONES ARE BEING CELEBRATED AT THE LOUISVILLE ZOO. OFFICIALS SAY POLAR BEARS BEAU AND NICK ARE SHOWING PROMISING SIGNS AHEAD OF THE BREEDING SEASON. SIX YEAR OLD BEAU ARRIVED AT THE ...

You have something in common with polar bears. Polar bears and humans produce sebum. It's an oily substance that comes from ...

Polar bears are struggling to survive as sea ice dwindles. Scientists have now quantified how much climate change has drastically reduced the number of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson Bay ...

Hungry polar bears are turning to rubbish dumps to fill their stomachs as their icy habitat disappears. On Wednesday, a team of Canadian and US scientists warned that trash poses an emerging ...

“Unwashed, greasy hair made it much harder for ice to stick. In contrast, when the polar bear fur was washed and the grease largely removed it performed similarly to human hair, to which ice ...

New research reveals that polar bears use more than just thick fur to survive the Arctic—they also have a natural oil that ...

An international team of scientists has discovered the anti-icing secret of polar bear fur – something that allows one of the planet’s most iconic animals to survive and thrive in one of its ...

The de-icing properties of polar bear sebum could fuel new innovations, scientists say, potentially unlocking alternatives to harmful “forever chemicals” used in ice-resistant coatings today ...