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

In seconds they’re out of the water again, running across the ice, spooked by the approach of our helicopter. Prolonged running can harm polar bears: Fat and fur insulate them so well they risk ...

Polar bears are an annual fixture of Shrewsbury's festive skyline, but this winter, residents of the county town will witness one running its streets ... which own and displays the popular ...

The words of Gill Punt, who had more reason to worry than all other runners in the polar night marathon in Norway, since she was about to run it dressed as a polar bear. But the PE teacher ...

Editor's Note: National Geographic went too far in drawing a definitive connection between climate change and a particular starving polar ... locate the bear. Only when it lifted its head were ...

The polar bear is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding landmasses. A boar (adult male ...

Julian Carolan, the study’s lead author and a chemist at Trinity College Dublin, even used his own ... polar bear sebum and identified cholesterol, diacylglycerols and fatty acids as its primary ...