Polar bears need all the help they can get to survive their frosty Arctic environment. One of their biggest survival secrets appears to be greasy hair. The sebum–or hair grease–on their fur ...

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 ...

“Unwashed, greasy hair made it much harder for ice to stick. In contrast, when the polar bear fur was washed and the grease largely removed it performed similarly to human hair, to which ice ...

An international team of scientists has discovered the anti-icing secret of polar bear fur – something that allows one of the planet’s most iconic animals to survive and thrive in one of its ...

New research reveals how polar bears keep ice off their fur. Alan Wilson via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 Polar bears don’t have to worry about skipping a wash day. The sebum ...

Polar bears have a hidden-in-a-plain-sight superpower that anyone who has watched a wildlife documentary could have spotted: ice doesn’t stick to their fur. This has long been known to ...

The animals spend their lives in cold climates, sometimes rolling around in snow, but walking away without any of it clinging to their fur. After researching, scientists found that a polar bear's ...

Polar bears need all the help they can get to survive their frosty Arctic environment. One of their biggest survival secrets appears to be greasy hair. The sebum–or hair grease–on their fur makes it ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Polar bear fur possesses anti-icing properties due to its greasy sebum, composed of cholesterol, diacylglycerols, and fatty acids, which prevents ice from ...