Nano-physicist Bodil Holst's interest in polar bear fur began while she was watching a German quiz show. "I learned that polar bears are invisible in infrared cameras, meaning their fur has the ...

Trackers that can be attached directly to the fur of polar bears could give a better insight into how certain groups of the species behave, according to scientists. The tags could be useful for ...

At a wildlife center in San Diego, caretakers of a black bear cub are using extraordinary measures to keep him from becoming reliant on humans, including donning masks and vintage fur coats.

White fur, blubbery skin, sharp claws. Polar bears seem perfectly adapted to their frigid habitat up north. Now, researchers ...

The orphaned cub was about two months old when he was found April 12 in Southern California's Los Padres National Forest — weak, underweight and alone. Since then, the baby bear has been cared for by ...

In the Arctic, polar bears are equally at home swimming in the frigid waters or galloping across fields of ice and snow. When they emerge from the water, their fur temperature drops to nearly that of ...

Polar bears need all the help they can get to survive their frosty Arctic environment. One of their biggest survival secrets appears to be greasy hair. The sebum–or hair grease–on their fur ...

Polar bears on ice in Northern Canada. Nano-physicist Bodil Holst's interest in polar bear fur began while she was watching a German quiz show. "I learned that polar bears are invisible in ...

A study in the journal Science Advances reveals how polar bears manage to get wet in the cold without their fur freezing. Polar bears spend their days jumping from ice into water. So if they get ...