Patience: A polar bear still-hunting on the sea ice of Hudson Bay ... protect the sebum on the fur by not washing the hair-covered side of the skin. This maintains its low ice adhesion property while ...

While surveying the health of two polar bear populations, researchers found lacerations, hair loss, ice buildup and skin ulcerations ... species like brown and black bears, make it easier for ...

While polar bears have black skin, their fur is actually translucent, which makes the fur appear white to humans. Along with all of these fascinating features, it also prevents ice from sticking to it ...

However, there's a fascinating detail about polar bears that many might not know: their skin is actually black. This intriguing fact raises questions about the true nature of their appearance and ...

“Unwashed, greasy hair made it much harder for ice to stick. In contrast, when the polar bear fur was washed and the grease largely removed it performed similarly to human hair, to which ice ...

skin ulcerations, and ice build-up on their fur and primarily on their feet. In the most extreme examples, two bears had ice blocks up to one foot in diameter stuck to their foot pads, which ...

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 ...

Thirty-one of 61 bears in the Kane Basin population had laceration, skin ulceration, hair loss or ice buildup on their paws. Between 2012 and 2013, 73% of adult males in this population were ...

Polar bears' primary prey, the ringed seal, are also at risk. A segment of the polar bear population is at risk of extinction should ice-free periods continue to get longer, researchers have ...

Polar bears are struggling to survive as sea ice dwindles. Scientists have now quantified how much climate change has drastically reduced the number of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson Bay ...

While surveying the health of two polar bear populations, researchers found lacerations, hair loss, ice buildup and skin ulcerations ... species like brown and black bears, make it easier for ...