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

After a summer of fasting on land, the bears need to get back to their frozen home to hunt seals and bulk up. But their migration ritual is changing.

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

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

Julian Carolan says researchers are looking at polar bear grease because it repels ice. That property could help replace the ...

“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 ...

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