This prolonged fasting drains polar bears’ energy reserves, reducing their ability to reproduce and raise cubs. Without ...

The study mimicked these changes by feeding the captive animals a diet heavy in mackerel and seaweed, as polar bear populations suffering from decreased ice coverage and longer ice-free seasons ...

Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson ...

Now, researchers have discovered the bears have another unexpected Arctic adaptation: greasy fur. It’s a trait that, ...

U of T Scarborough researchers have directly linked population decline in polar bears living in Western Hudson Bay to ...

Polar bear fur resists ice because of a natural greasy coating called sebum. This helps them move quietly while hunting.

Thousands of participants rang in the new year with a cold jump into the water at Coney Island for the 122nd annual Polar Bear Plunge on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. Revelers wearing bikinis walk away ...

They then compared the performance of polar bear hair with human hair and two human-made ski skins. A polar bear’s insulating fur shown under infrared heat imaging taken with a FLIR E75 24o ...

The Pittsburgh Polar Bear Club organized the jump from the landing of the Mon Wharf and those who were brave enough to bear the winter water prepared for the prickly skin around 8:30 on Wednesday ...