Polar bears have a hidden-in-a-plain-sight superpower that anyone who has watched a wildlife documentary could have spotted: ice doesn’t stick to their fur. This has long been known to ...

Dripping wet, a polar bear climbs onto an ice floe in northernmost Hudson Bay. Polar bears perch on sea ice to ambush seals—the source of 90 percent of their calories—when the seals surface.

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 ...

Though polar bears sometimes spend time on land ... Kukliński observes the flora and fauna living under thick, perennial ice. The ice floe and around 15 inches of snow on its surface reflect ...

According to Polar Bears International, these layers keep them so warm that adult males can quickly overheat when they run. Ice also does not accumulate on it, despite the bears spending nearly ...

Jumping from floe to floe, and splashing around in ... north of Svalbard in the Arctic when she spotted a female polar bear in the pack ice. “The bear was curious about our presence, and we ...

The de-icing properties of polar bear sebum could fuel new innovations, scientists say, potentially unlocking alternatives to harmful “forever chemicals” used in ice-resistant coatings today ...

On a brilliant white ice floe floating in the Arctic Ocean ... “All of a sudden, I turn around and there’s a polar bear and it starts running at us,” says Jody Reimer, recounting a moment ...

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 scene: Pack ice off northern Baffin Island See CC usage restrictions: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arctic_ice_floe.jpg Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

Climate data shows the Arctic is one of the fastest changing ecosystems on the planet, with serious consequences for wildlife, from polar bears and ... getting to the ice floe involved a two ...