Scientists have recorded the longest swim ever done by a polar bear. A female polar bear in the Beaufort Sea swam an impressive 687 km. The study looked at 52 adult female polar bears wearing Global ...

A female polar bear in the Beaufort Sea swam an impressive 687 km. The study looked at 52 adult female polar bears wearing Global Positioning System (GPS) collars. Over 2004-2009, 50 long-distance ...

Plungers ran into the cold Chesapeake Bay on Saturday, Feb. 1, marking the 29th annual Special Olympics Maryland Polar Bear Plunge. The fundraising event, in which individuals pledge $100 or more ...

Polar bears are struggling to survive as sea ice dwindles. Scientists have now quantified how much climate change has drastically reduced the number of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson Bay ...

Warming temperatures gradually melt glaciers with Global climate warming. Protect the environment, high-altitude shooting Polar bear, adult male, good body condition sitting on sea ice, waiting for ...

According to Polar Bears International, these layers keep them so warm that adult males can quickly overheat when they run. Ice also does not accumulate on it, despite the bears spending nearly ...

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“Unwashed, greasy hair made it much harder for ice to stick. In contrast, when the polar bear fur was washed and the grease largely removed it performed similarly to human hair, to which ice ...

DUBLIN — In the harsh Arctic environment, where polar bears regularly plunge into freezing waters to hunt seals, a remarkable thing happens: unlike your car windshield on a winter morning, their fur ...

Adult males typically weigh between 900 to 1,600 pounds and ... They use their front paws to paddle and their back legs to steer, and can swim at speeds of up to 6 miles per hour. Yes, climate change ...

A team of international scientists has uncovered the secret behind why ice doesn’t stick to polar bear fur — grease. This natural defense helps these Arctic predators survive in one of the harshest ...