The bears’ ability to slide on their abdomens with minimal friction between fur and ice helps prevent the seals from taking ...

That's because polar bear fur is transparent and hollow.When light strikes the outer fur some of it is absorbed while the rest is scattered away. The result? The fur can appear as different colors ...

“It’s something that I had never really thought deeply about: is there something unique about their fur?” Applying each group’s research strengths, the team demonstrated that the oils in polar bear ...

A polar bear's insulating fur shown under infrared heat imaging taken with a FLIR E75 24o (FLIR Systems OÜ, Estonia) Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.

The arctic region is one of the coldest places on earth where human survival in nearly impossible, however, there are a ...

If you’re lucky enough to see a polar bear at the zoo, you will instantly fall in love. These majestic creatures are ...

This article was published in the Autumn 2024 issue of Litterae Populi. The full issue can be found here.Some species of ...

That's because polar bear fur is transparent and hollow.When light strikes the outer fur some of it is absorbed while the rest is scattered away. The result? The fur can appear as different colors ...

They all have stocky, fur-covered bodies ... Asian black bear, brown bear, panda bear, polar bear, spectacled bear, sloth bear and sun bear. Some of the most famous types of bear are actually ...

POLAR BEAR 1: Hic! Delicious ... The bears were hungry but their paws weren't good for walking on snow and ice, their fur wasn't thick enough for the cold conditions and the seals could easily ...