Learn more about polar bear sebum, the oil on their fur that prevents ice from sticking to them, and how it could be used to ...

open image in gallery A polar bear hunts on the sea ice of Hudson Bay in Manitoba, Canada. New research has found the bears’ fur is the secret to why that ... sebum did not have an ingredient ...

Scientists have discovered the anti-icing ... the first study of the composition of polar bear fur sebum, but it also resolves the question of why polar bears don't suffer from ice accumulation.

(Note that tours have to be booked quite some time beforehand, especially those sponsored by international conservation agencies have an 18-month waiting list! So it is very important to do lots of ...

Polar bears have a hidden-in-a-plain-sight superpower ... Holst asked researchers at the Norwegian Polar Institute if they knew why polar bear fur doesn’t ice up. None did, but they decided ...

The Inuit people prepare clothes using polar bear fur with its sebum coating intact, protecting them from the cold. An international team of scientists have found ... question of why polar bears ...

Polar bears need all the help they can get to survive their frosty Arctic environment. One of their biggest survival secrets appears to be greasy hair. The sebum–or hair grease–on their fur ...

The repeated mentions of “челюсть” (jaw in Russian) suggest that the bear might have ... Do not run. Back away slowly while keeping an eye on the bear, and try to reach a safe location such as a ...

Polar bears have a thick layer of fat below two layers of fur that help trap their internal body heat. According to Polar Bears International, these layers keep them so warm that adult males can ...

A team of international scientists has uncovered the secret behind why ice doesn ... coatings produced by the bear will help us to develop new more sustainable anti-icing coatings that may replace ...