An international team of scientists unlocked the anti-icing secret of polar bear fur, a discovery that could revolutionize ice-repellent technologies. The study, published as the cover story in ...

The majestic polar bear leaps across the water, landing on an ice sheet with a semi-belly flop. That’s one of the sights tourist Emma Postolec caught during an Arctic cruise on Sept. 27.

You probably know polar bears as the big white animals roaming the Arctic, but there’s a lot about them that doesn’t make it ...

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 ...

Polar bears feed on seals that they hunt on sea ice. ... and it's even more rare for polar bears to catch seals in the water. ... "A polar bear is not going to lay down and die when it's hungry ...

THE ARCTIC CIRCLE - The majestic polar bear leaps across the water, landing on an ice sheet with a semi-belly flop.. That’s one of the sights tourist Emma Postolec caught during an Arctic cruise ...

Polar bear equipped with camera collar reveals details of life in the melting Arctic 04:34. Polar bears, unable to thrive on land in Canada's Hudson Bay, are facing greater risk of starvation as ...

A polar bear still hunting on the sea ice of Hudson Bay, ... Ice also does not accumulate on it, despite the bears spending nearly all of their time in and around freezing cold water.

Overall, there are an estimated 26,000 polar bears around the Arctic, in 19 officially designated subpopulations. The animals live on the seasonal sea ice, hunting their primary prey, seals, as ...

Seals are also slower on ice than in water, giving polar bears an advantage. But this is being threatened by climate change and the resulting sea ice loss. As a result, ...

Polar bear cubs forced to swim long distances with their moms as their icy Arctic habitat melts appear to have a higher mortality rate than cubs that didn't swim as far, a new study reports.