The footage, taken on the Norwegian archipelago Svalbard, shows a mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus) plodding through the Arctic island's frozen landscape and her three cubs emerging one after ...

Inuit people have taken advantage of the sebum’s properties, even affixing shoe-like patches of polar bear fur to the bottom of stools to prevent them from sticking to the ice. Understanding how ...

Scientists discovered that polar bear fur’s oily coating prevents ice from sticking, thanks to a unique mix of lipids. This ...

Scientists combined satellite collars and cameras to study polar bear denning, showing how cubs adapt before leaving.

At the edge of the Arctic in northern Canada, the annual migration of polar bears draws tourists, photographers, and ...

Researchers found compounds produced in polar bear skin that were as ice resistant as PFAS, offering potential novel ...

Polar bears on ice in Northern Canada. Nano-physicist Bodil Holst's interest in polar bear fur began while she was watching a German quiz show. "I learned that polar bears are invisible in ...

Patience: A polar bear still-hunting on the sea ice of Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada. (Courtesy: Jenny E Ross) In the teeth of the Arctic winter, polar-bear fur always remains free of ice – but how?

The polar bears pass through Churchill, Manitoba, hoping to catch a ride out of the tiny town on Hudson Bay's sea ice. After a summer of fasting on land, the bears need to get back to their frozen ...

She knew the danger.'' Polar bears are not native to Iceland but occasionally come ashore after traveling on ice floes from Greenland, according to Anna Sveinsdóttir, director of scientific ...

But, Holst noticed, polar bear fur did not freeze after getting wet. "I was very puzzled," she says. "When they go into the water and out again, why do they not get covered in ice?" The work could ...