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

Polar bears are one of the largest mammals on land; only the African elephant can tower over the polar bear in this corner of ...

A fat polar bear is a bear more likely to thrive in its extreme Arctic environment. So, when scientists discovered polar bear ...

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 ...

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

Polar bears are descendants of the grizzly bears and are specialized hunters that depend almost exclusively on a diet of ice-dependent seals, so much so that the animals are classified as marine ...

What animals live in the coldest areas of the planet? We've done the research! Meet the animals thriving in earth's polar ...

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

The de-icing properties of polar bear sebum could fuel new innovations, scientists say, potentially unlocking alternatives to harmful “forever chemicals” used in ice-resistant coatings today ...