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

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

A polar bear cub was captured playfully snuggling its mom in Canada, heartwarming video shows.

or live fat, or both," said Kristin Laidre, a University of Washington marine mammal scientist who specializes in Arctic ...

This experiment showed that the ice adhesion of unwashed polar bear fur is exceptionally low. While the often-accepted threshold for “icephobicity” is around 100 kPa, the unwashed fur measured as ...

Julia StrattonLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterCanada's National ObserverA fat polar bear is a bear more likely to thrive in its extreme Arctic environme ...

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 ...

When polar bear mothers have a shortened feeding season ... provide the same amount of nutrients as seals, which are full of fat and blubber. "Polar bears are the largest bears," Molnar said.

A fat polar bear is a bear more likely to thrive in its extreme Arctic environment. So, when scientists discovered polar bear populations were dropping rapidly, they created a framework to ...