The de-icing properties of polar bear sebum could fuel new innovations, scientists say, potentially unlocking alternatives to ...

Indigenous peoples of the Arctic traditionally use polar bear fur for its ice-resistant properties, but the science behind ...

Polar bears need all the help they can get to survive their frosty Arctic environment. One of their biggest survival secrets ...

A winter storm is forecast to spread ice and snow across portions of the central and eastern U.S. today, bringing widespread travel troubles and also the threat of power outages.

There's something about polar bears that's always puzzled the people who study them. How do they seem to repel snow? The ...

University of Toronto Scarborough researchers have directly linked population decline in polar bears living in Western Hudson ...

When scientists discovered polar bear populations were dropping rapidly, they created a framework to understand what is ...

This prolonged fasting drains polar bears’ energy reserves, reducing their ability to reproduce and raise cubs. Without ...

Polar bear fur resists ice because of a natural greasy coating called sebum. This helps them move quietly while hunting.

Pensacola residents dove into winter activities Wednesday like true northerners, ranging from elaborate snow sculptures to ...

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 ...

Bruno now tiptoes in eighth place above Union by half a point and RPI by four and a half points in the ECAC standings.