Polar bear fur resists ice because of a natural greasy coating called sebum. This helps them move quietly while hunting.

Then the polar bear appears. She’s big ... “They think of it as an ice cap. They think that it’s rigid and that when it melts it’s just melting back on the edges. They don’t think ...

Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk ...

Recently, a new Guinness World Record was set by a woman who completed an ice marathon in record time while wearing a polar bear costume. While the thought of this may be comical, her reasoning ...

He told me that scientists classify polar bears as marine mammals – like whales, dolphins and other mammals that live in the ocean. “They’re reliant on the sea ice that occurs over the Arcti ...