When scientists discovered polar bear populations were dropping rapidly, they created a framework to understand what is ...

“Unwashed, greasy hair made it much harder for ice to stick. In contrast, when the polar bear hair was washed and the grease ...

Tourism companies around the world have started to advertise specific destinations to travellers, because those locations have a very unique offering. Namely, they are vanishing.

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 ...

The results were striking. When unwashed, polar bear fur resisted ice adhesion significantly better than human hair and ...

Victoria is the oldest of four polar bears kept at the Highland Wildlife Park in the Cairngorms National Park. At the grand old age of 28 her keepers say she has reached the stage in her life when she ...

New research finds grease that coats polar bear fur contains a specialized mixture of chemicals that make it resistant to ...

They are middle aged in bear terms. Polar bears can live into their early ... but we do try to emulate that the best we can so it's a very high fat diet. "They get huge volumes of cod liver ...