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 Indigenous ...

For example, the structure of Gentoo penguin feathers repels ice, all without the fatty grease that polar bears use. [ Related: Polar bears adapted to the Arctic just 70,000 years ago . Grease as ...

Polar bears increasingly under threat as glaciers melt faster than ever 02:15. Churchill, Canada — On the edge of the Arctic in northern Canada, the annual migration of polar bears draws ...

Beneath the ice balls, the bears' paw pads were covered in deep, bleeding cuts. "I'd never seen that before," study lead author Kristin Laidre , a marine ecologist and associate professor at the ...

A polar bear near Kaktovik, Alaska. New research reveals how polar bears keep ice off their fur. Alan Wilson via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0. Polar bears don’t have to worry about ...

Polar bears spend most of their time on the ice. Even in winter when temps drop to negative 60 degrees, and it’s dark all the time, they stay out in the ice and snow. That ice melts back a bit ...

Some polar bears living in the far north are turning up with ice-related injuries that, in some cases, seriously affect their mobility and may be connected to the warming Arctic. Researchers ...

Polar bear population decline the direct result of extended 'energy deficit' due to lack of food Study finds polar bears are struggling to get enough to eat in face of dwindling sea ice due to ...