Discover the amazing properties of polar bear fur that repel ice and prevent ice buildup. Learn how their specialized hair ...

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

The Inuit people prepare clothes using polar bear fur with its sebum coating intact, protecting them from the cold. An international team of scientists have found that sebum, or the grease that ...

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 most ...

“Climate change is threatening the Inuit way of life even further,” says Camilla Andersen, a Norwegian documentary photographer. Polar bear pelts hang out to dry. In the 1960s, the Canadian ...

Polar bears have a built-in defense against ice — greasy fur. A team of scientists has discovered that their fur is coated in ...

While this finding sheds fascinating new light on our understanding of polar bear—and even Inuit—ecology, it may also have a suite of unrelated applications, with a similar concoction of ...

While this finding sheds fascinating new light on our understanding of polar bear -- and even Inuit -- ecology, it may also have a suite of unrelated applications, with a similar concoction of ...