"It's the sort of thing that I have difficulty getting my head around." Investigation uncovers shocking secret hidden by ...

Polar bears on ice in Northern Canada. 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 ...

Polar bears don’t have to worry about skipping a wash day. The sebum, or natural oil, on the mammals’ fur helps them survive the harsh Arctic weather by making it hard for ice to stick to them ...

In the Arctic, polar bears are equally at home swimming in the frigid waters or galloping across fields of ice and snow. When they emerge from the water, their fur temperature drops to nearly that of ...

Scientists discovered that polar bear fur’s oily coating prevents ice from sticking, thanks to a unique mix of lipids. This ...

Czech cold-water swimmers have set a new world record for the largest polar bear dip. A total of 2,461 took part in the ...

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 ...

Polar bears spend their days jumping from ice into water. So if they get all wet, why doesn't their fur freeze? Well, a recent study in the journal Science Advances investigated that very question ...