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 ...

University of Bergen and Trinity College researchers have found that polar bear sebum, or hair grease, is as ice-resistant as ...

There is also a free barbeque lunch for participants. The Big Bear Lake Polar Plunge will be at Veteran’s Park, 40870 Big Bear Blvd. Registration is from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Polar bear fur inspires solar-thermal textiles The researchers now plan to explore whether it is possible to apply the sebum components they identified to surfaces as lubricants. Another potential ...

Polar bears spend their days jumping from ice into water. So if they get all wet, why doesn't their fur freeze? Well, a recent study in the journal Science Advances investigated that very question ...

Polar bears spend their days jumping from ice into water. So if they get all wet, why doesn't their fur freeze? Well, a recent study in the journal Science Advances investigated that very question ...

HOLST: But we couldn't see anything special about the polar bear hairs. They just looked normal. LAMBERT: But as she and her colleagues were handling the fur, they noticed that it was really greasy.

By Ben Noll, The Washington Post The polar vortex is coming back. After a half-month hiatus, frigid air will again surge across the United States beginning this weekend through next week, as the ...

Polar bears spend their days jumping from ice into water. So if they get all wet, why doesn't their fur freeze? Well, a recent study in the journal Science Advances investigated that very question ...