"It's the sort of thing that I have difficulty getting my head around." Investigation uncovers shocking secret hidden by ...

White fur, blubbery skin, sharp claws. Polar bears seem perfectly adapted to their frigid habitat up north. Now, researchers have discovered the bears have another unexpected Arctic adaptation ...

Polar bears on ice in Northern Canada. Nano-physicist Bodil Holst's interest in polar bear fur began while she was watching a German quiz show. "I learned that polar bears are invisible in ...

Nano-physicist Bodil Holst's interest in polar bear fur began while she was watching a German quiz show. "I learned that polar bears are invisible in infrared cameras, meaning their fur has the ...

Scientists discovered that polar bear fur’s oily coating prevents ice from sticking, thanks to a unique mix of lipids. This ...

In the Arctic, polar bears are equally at home swimming in the frigid waters or galloping across fields of ice and snow. When they emerge from the water, their fur temperature drops to nearly that of ...

Polar bears spend their days jumping from ice into water. So if they get all wet, why doesn't their fur freeze? Well, a recent study in the journal Science Advances investigated that very question ...

Town council entertained a 2025 budget presentation from the Cochrane Polar Bear Habitat during a special meeting, on March ...