It’s a stark reminder of how climate change is reshaping entire ecosystems. Scientists' stunning observation of hybrid ...

Polar bears will not be able to adapt to ice-free environments and are likely to starve to death, new research has found. As ...

“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 ...

A polar bear! Its thick fur helps it to hide and keep warm in the freezing cold. Plus an Arctic fox. It can hear its prey, deep under the snow. And a bird! The snowy owl. They nest on the ground ...

She also knew that polar bears jump into frigid water when they hunt, coming back onto land to eat their prey. Most mammalian hair can freeze when it gets wet in cold temperatures — think human beards ...

But wild polar bear fur can still change color to yellow, thanks to oils from their prey that stain the fur. Perhaps the most surprising thing about polar bears? Underneath all that hair ...

She also knew that polar bears jump into frigid water when they hunt, coming back onto land to eat their prey. Most mammalian hair can freeze when it gets wet in cold temperatures — think human ...

She also knew that polar bears jump into frigid water when they hunt, coming back onto land to eat their prey. Most mammalian hair can freeze when it gets wet in cold temperatures — think human beards ...

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) charity has been working to support the trade in polar bear fur at the same time as using the animal image to raise funds.

Still hunting frequently develops into an ‘aquatic stalk’ with the polar bear using its hind paws to slide into the water to pursue its prey, and the lower the ice adhesion, the less noise ...