A stunningly tender moment between a polar bear mama and her cub was recently captured on film in Manitoba, and it’s making ...

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 ...

Polar bears on ice in Northern Canada. Nano-physicist Bodil Holst's interest in polar bear fur began while she was watching a German quiz show. "I learned that polar bears are invisible in ...

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 ...

A fat polar bear is a bear more likely to thrive in its extreme Arctic environment. So, when scientists discovered polar bear ...

Subscribe for FREE Experiments confirmed these theoretical findings, measuring ice adhesion strength before and after the fur’s natural oils were removed. Researchers found that untreated polar bear ...

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

But, Bodil noticed, polar bear fur did not freeze after getting wet. "I was very puzzled," she says. "When they go into the ...

Ice-repelling properties of polar bear fur sebum offer sustainable solutions for preventing ice buildup on infrastructure.