Indigenous peoples of the Arctic traditionally use polar bear fur for its ice-resistant properties, but the science behind ...

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Polar bears can live into their early 30s, but an average of 15 to 18 years in the wild. Rebecca says there is an effort at ...

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

Polar bears don’t have to worry about skipping a wash day. The sebum, or natural oil, on the mammals’ fur helps them survive ...

In the 1970’s the quiet village of Thorney, that lies east of Peterborough, was home to the popular Thorney Wildlife Park. It ...

so Qannik kind of fell under those U.S. Fish and Wildlife rules," Evans said. "So it stayed that way for many years. However, we know polar bears are critically important for research related to ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Researchers have directly linked population decline in polar bears living in Western Hudson Bay to shrinking sea ice caused by climate change.

She realized that she had never seen a polar bear covered in ice in any wildlife documentaries, even after they emerged from a dive in below-freezing water. “And then I thought, well ...