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

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 ...

JUMPS ON JUMPS: Kennedy Kirkland ’27, this week's Polar Bear of the Week, races in a relay event at Farley Field house. Kirkland broke the school record for long jump over the weekend at the New ...

The chilling waters of the Susquehanna River worked its magic on Paula Snyder in 2023. Snyder, 74, of Lewisburg, said she is participating in the 21st Annual Lewisburg Polar Bear Plunge on Saturday ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — East Carolina University has brought back its annual Polar Bear Plunge for another year. The first plunge was in 1997 and had 35 participants. The largest Polar Bear ...

She also knew that polar bears jump into frigid water when they hunt ... But, Holst noticed, polar bear fur did not freeze after getting wet. "I was very puzzled," she says.