Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson ...
This prolonged fasting drains polar bears’ energy reserves, reducing their ability to reproduce and raise cubs. Without ...
Now, researchers have discovered the bears have another unexpected Arctic adaptation: greasy fur. It’s a trait that, ...
Polar bear fur resists ice because of a natural greasy coating called sebum. This helps them move quietly while hunting.
U of T Scarborough researchers have directly linked population decline in polar bears living in Western Hudson Bay to ...
A new study, published in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday, reveals that the fur of polar bears contain a chemical ...
Learn more about polar bear sebum, the oil on their fur that prevents ice from sticking to them, and how it could be used to ...
It's like "bomb cyclone" or "firenado." It seems like the sort of phenomenon that would be responsible for the ...
There's something about polar bears that's always puzzled the people who study them. How do they seem to repel snow? The ...
Fast-forward to the current year, and Polar Bears International is the only ... As such, it has research programs on the ...
Polar bears in Western Hudson Bay have seen their population nearly halved over the last several decades, largely due to dwindling sea ice and limited hunting opportunities, according to the findings ...