During this period, the polar bear population in this region has declined by nearly 50 per cent. The monitoring data shows the average size of polar bears is also in decline. The body mass of ...

“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 ...

MORE: Prolonged ice-free periods putting Hudson Bay polar bear population at risk of extinction ... "But in order to do that, we need to act now and not decades from now." ...

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 ...

How come you don’t get accumulation of ... engineers could use the ingredients found in polar bear sebum to create safer products. “If we do it in the right way, we have a chance of making ...

They then compared the performance of polar bear hair with human hair and two human-made ski skins. “The sebum quickly jumped out as being the key component giving this anti-icing effect as we ...

So it is very important to do ... many bears, but it is also popular to tour in the late summer months to witness the polar bears roaming the wild coastline. During this time, wildflowers are in bloom ...

Bears are truly giant animals living on this planet. Due to their colossal size and furry skin, they are equal parts frightening and equal parts cute. Consequently, people are equal parts fascinated ...

While polar bears have black skin, their fur is actually translucent, which makes the fur appear white to humans. Along with all of these fascinating features, it also prevents ice from sticking to it ...

A team of international scientists has uncovered the secret behind why ice doesn’t stick to polar bear fur — grease. This natural defense helps these Arctic predators survive in one of the harshest ...

There's something about polar bears that's always puzzled the people who study them. How do they seem to repel snow ... scientists found that a polar bear's hair is coated in a natural grease ...

The study, titled ‘Anti-icing properties of polar bear fur’, was published in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday ... Though extensively used in making nonstick cookware, water-repellent ...