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

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

Julian Carolan says researchers are looking at polar bear grease because it repels ice. That property could help replace the ...

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

Polar bears can live into their early 30s, but an average of 15 to 18 years in the wild. Rebecca says there is an effort at RZSS to prioritise later life care of its animals. She says the bears ...

Polar bears seem perfectly adapted to their frigid ... water and ice. “If we do it in the right way, we have a chance of making them environmentally friendly,” said Bodil Holst, a researcher ...