A fat polar bear is a bear more likely to thrive in its extreme Arctic environment. So, when scientists discovered polar bear ...

Three years later she was a media star after giving birth to Hamish - the first polar bear cub to be born in the UK in 25 years. Visitor numbers to the park soared and its gift shop was stuffed ...

There's something about polar bears that's always puzzled the people who study them. How do they seem to repel snow? The animals spend their lives in cold climates, sometimes rolling around in snow, ...

You have something in common with polar bears. Polar bears and humans produce sebum. It's an oily substance that comes from our hair glands. In humans, sebum helps protect your skin from ...

When it does happen, it’s usually because the bear is hungry, young or unwell, she said. “A healthy polar bear that’s out on the sea ice is not going to have a lot of incentive to attack a ...

The de-icing properties of polar bear sebum could fuel new innovations, scientists say, potentially unlocking alternatives to harmful “forever chemicals” used in ice-resistant coatings today ...

Nano-physicist Bodil Holst's interest in polar bear fur began while she was watching a German quiz show. "I learned that ...