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Researchers at the University of Surrey, in collaboration with an international team, have found that a unique mix of lipids in the fur’s sebum drastically reduces ice adhesion—an insight that could ...

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

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

The results were striking. When unwashed, polar bear fur resisted ice adhesion significantly better than human hair and ...

They then compared the performance of polar bear hair with human hair and two human-made ski skins. A polar bear’s insulating fur shown under infrared heat imaging taken with a FLIR E75 24o ...

A fat polar bear is a bear more likely to thrive in its extreme Arctic environment. So, when scientists discovered polar bear ...

What animals live in the coldest areas of the planet? We've done the research! Meet the animals thriving in earth's polar ...

New research finds grease that coats polar bear fur contains a specialized mixture of chemicals that make it resistant to ...