A photo of a polar bear sleeping in a bed of flowers in the Arctic won the 2024 Nature Photography Contest, the competition ...

Researchers found compounds produced in polar bear skin that were as ice resistant as PFAS, offering potential novel ...

"We then compared the performance of the polar bear hair with that of human hair and two types of specialist human-made ski skins." The team's experiments revealed that unwashed, greasy polar bear ...

To minimize any disturbance, the final approach was made on foot or by ski, and cameras were collected several months later — long after the polar bear families had departed for the sea ice.

Czech cold-water swimmers have set a new world record for the largest polar bear dip. A total of 2,461 took part in the ...

LAMBERT: Holst hopes that her research could eventually lead to things like greener ski waxes, lubricants and even new deicing fluid for airplanes, all inspired by greasy polar bear fur.

Over 7,500 participants braved the frigid Atlantic for the Jersey Shore's largest Polar Bear Plunge. The event has become the largest fundraiser for Special Olympics New Jersey, with all proceeds ...