The team also discovered more dead offspring or unhatched eggs in nests containing a higher number or a higher concentration ...

In Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, a cluster of Arctic islands roughly halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole, researchers studied fur samples from six wild polar bears. The research team ...

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

Researchers tested the resistance of animal fur to ice using samples of polar bear fur from Svalbard in Norway and compared them with human hair. They washed half the fur samples and hair to clean ...

To test how well the animals’ fur resists icing, researchers froze blocks of ice to samples of washed and unwashed polar bear fur, as well as human hair attached to a synthetic scalp ...

Now scientists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have identified a critical factor explaining that ...

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

This natural defense helps these Arctic predators survive in one of the harshest environments on Earth. By analyzing fur samples from six wild polar bears, researchers identified a crucial component: ...

From a tiny electric jolt when touching a doorknob to styrofoam peanuts that cling to a mischievous cat's fur -- the well-known and seemingly simple phenomenon of static electricity has puzzled people ...

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) is reminding hunters and trappers that hunting and trapping seasons ...