They have also used the fur in ways that make use of its ice-resistant properties. For instance, Inuit hunters in Greenland are known to have placed small pieces of polar bear fur under the legs ...

DUBLIN — In the harsh Arctic environment, where polar bears regularly plunge into freezing waters to hunt seals, a remarkable thing happens: unlike your car windshield on a winter morning, their fur ...

New research reveals how polar bears keep ice off their fur. Alan Wilson via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 Polar bears don’t have to worry about skipping a wash day. The sebum ...

A team of international scientists has uncovered the secret behind why ice doesn’t stick to polar bear ... We then compared the performance of the polar bear hair with that of human hair and two types ...

In the frozen expanse of the Arctic, polar bears glide effortlessly across ice and plunge into sub-zero waters – yet their fur is remarkably free of frost. For years, scientists have wondered: How do ...

The sebum–or hair grease–on their fur makes it very difficult for ice ... of polar bear hair with human hair and two human-made ski skins. A polar bear’s insulating fur shown under infrared ...

Polar bears have adapted perfectly to their Arctic home. This includes not only the thick layer of blubber and the warm fur - it also has to be unwashed and greasy, as a study shows. The post Oily ...

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 makes it ...

University of Toronto Scarborough researchers have directly linked population decline in polar bears living in Western Hudson Bay to shrinking sea ice caused by climate change. The researchers ...

It is made up of cholesterol, diacylglycerols and fatty acids, which make it very hard for ice to attach to their fur. The finding sheds new light on the polar bear species but also Inuit ecology.

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 ...