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

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 ...

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 ...

Victoria is the oldest of four polar bears kept at the Highland Wildlife ... says a special diet and some exercise will be key to looking after Victoria in her dotage. Victoria, born in 1996 ...

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Julia StrattonLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterCanada's National ObserverA fat polar bear is a bear more likely to thrive in its extreme Arctic environme ...

Even as Arctic cold grips the Northeast this week, the North Fork Polar Bears remain undaunted and ... Still, there’s no one right way for beginners to do it this Sunday.

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 ...