Polar bears don’t have to worry about skipping a wash day. The sebum, or natural oil, on the mammals’ fur helps them survive the harsh Arctic weather by making it hard for ice to stick to them, ...

This experiment showed that the ice adhesion of unwashed polar bear fur is exceptionally low. While the often-accepted threshold for “icephobicity” is around 100 kPa, the unwashed fur measured as ...

Cecilia Blomdahl tells PEOPLE exclusively about her life in Svalbard and what it's like living in the dark 24-7 during Polar ...

"I learned that polar bears are invisible in infrared cameras, meaning their fur has the same temperature as the surroundings ...

Just how close can your clients get to a polar bear in Svalbard? We explore the implications of new regulations that have to ...

In contrast, when the polar bear fur was washed and the grease largely removed it performed similarly to human hair, to which ice sticks easily whether it is washed or greasy,” he explained. open ...

Comparing fur samples collected from animals in Svalbard, Norway, an international team of researchers first identified that ...

Polar bears seem perfectly adapted to their frigid ... a researcher at the University of Bergen in Norway who co-wrote the study published in the journal Science Advances.