She realized that she had never seen a polar bear covered in ice in any wildlife documentaries, even after they emerged from a dive in below-freezing water. “And then I thought, well ...

and spending extensive periods in water at sub-zero temperatures, it seems that the fur grease provides a natural route for polar bears to easily shed ice when it forms due to the low ice adhesion ...

beside a hole in the Arctic ice, a polar bear found something new—Audun Rikardsen’s camera and motion sensor. The bear sniffed the camera, pawed at it, and knocked it into the water.

At the edge of the Arctic in northern Canada, the annual migration of polar bears draws tourists, photographers, and ...

Scientists discovered that polar bear fur’s oily coating prevents ice from sticking, thanks to a unique mix of lipids. This ...

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 ...

A fast-warming Arctic means that sea ice is disappearing for increasingly ... After finding nothing of value in the fuel drums, the polar bear waddled into the water and swam away.

Researchers found compounds produced in polar bear skin that were as ice resistant as PFAS, offering potential novel ...

The Olcott Lions Club has hosted the annual Polar Bear Swim for Sight for over 56-years now. "Swimmers and spectators come together to spend a day enjoying the beauty of the southern shores of ...

For the record to be recognized, the participants have to be wearing bathing suits, be at least waist-deep in water and stay there ... in men’s swimming under ice when he swam a record distance ...

Some of 2461 polar swimmers get out of the water after breaking a world record for the largest polar bear dip at a lake in ... ago in men’s swimming under ice when he swam a record distance ...