Is there anything better than diving into cold water in the summertime? Polar bears love plunging into refreshing water as ...

From starring in Coca-Cola ads to becoming the poster child for climate change, the polar bear is quite the high-profile species. Ursus maritimus is a fascinating animal that roams across the ...

Towering over the Arctic landscape, the polar bear stands as the ultimate apex predator. In this video, we explore what makes this massive carnivore so deadly – from its unmatched strength and stealth ...

Belly flops, play bites and dunks! Polar bears Nora and Amelia Grey frolicked in the pool at Polar Passage on a sunny day.

Applying each group’s research strengths, the team demonstrated that the oils in polar bear fur contained a unique fatty acid profile that lent the hair its ice-resistant properties. The study, ...

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 infrared cameras, meaning their fur has the ...

A man luckily had a snowmobile nearby after coming face-to-face with a polar bear in the Arctic Circle over the weekend. On Sunday, April 27, the person noticed the animal running in his direction ...

Bodil Holst at the University of Bergen in Norway and her colleagues have shown that the ice resistance of polar bear fur is due to natural oils secreted onto the hairs, rather than a property of ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Robyn by emailing [email protected] A recent polar bear attack on a woman and boy in Alaska was "extraordinarily rare," an expert on the animals ...

A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities said Friday. The bear was killed Thursday ...