Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson Bay.

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

Columbus Zoo polar bears Lee and Aurora will be featured on "Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild" at 10 a.m.

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

This experiment showed that the ice adhesion of unwashed polar bear fur is exceptionally low. While the often-accepted ...

The bears’ greasy fur is the secret to the popular species’ survival in one of Earth ... In contrast, when the polar bear fur was washed and the grease largely removed it performed similarly ...

Polar bear mom and cubs particularly vulnerable The ... which jeopardizes cub survival. The cubs face reduced survival rates during their first fasting period if they fail to gain enough weight.

As Erling Kagge relates in his thrilling book, The North Pole, the world’s northernmost point has been a lifelong and nearly ...

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 infrared cameras, meaning their fur has the same ...

Scientists have now quantified how much climate change has drastically reduced the number of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson Bay, the most studied group of polar bears in the world.

Polar bear mom and cubs particularly vulnerable The researchers ... Archer says that shorter hunting periods result in mothers producing less milk, which jeopardizes cub survival. The cubs face ...