White fur, blubbery skin, sharp claws. Polar bears seem perfectly adapted to their frigid habitat up north. Now, researchers have discovered the bears have another unexpected Arctic adaptation ...

Plungers ran into the cold Chesapeake Bay on Saturday, Feb. 1, marking the 29th annual Special Olympics Maryland Polar Bear Plunge. The fundraising event, in which individuals pledge $100 or more ...

Notably, traditional Inuit fur preparation methods specifically protected the sebum by never washing the hair-covered side of polar bear skin, unlike fox fur, which they would clean with soapstone or ...

“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 ...

This is unlike, for example, a fox skin, which would traditionally be cleaned by rubbing the hair side with soapstone or dry clay. Reference: “Anti-icing properties of polar bear fur” by Julian ...

Back away slowly while keeping an eye on the bear, and try to reach a safe location such as a vehicle or building. Polar bears are perfectly adapted to the Arctic climate with a thick layer of blubber ...

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 ...

An international team of scientists has discovered the anti-icing secret of polar bear fur – something that ... ensuring the hair-covered side of the skin is not washed. This is unlike, for ...

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 ...

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 ...