The third episode of Celebrity Bear Hunt aired on Netflix on February 5, 2025. The show features Bear Grylls and is hosted by Holly Willoughby. The third episode, Sink or Swim, featured a water-based ...

New research finds grease that coats polar bear fur contains a specialized mixture of chemicals that make it resistant to ...

The de-icing properties of polar bear sebum could fuel new innovations, scientists say, potentially unlocking alternatives to ...

Plungers ran into the cold Chesapeake Bay this weekend marking the 29th annual Special Olympics Maryland Polar Bear Plunge. Check out photos from the cold event.

Polar bears thrive in the harsh Arctic due to unique adaptations. Scientists discovered their greasy fur prevents ice from ...

It's called a "tardigrade" or "water bear". It's just one of many aquatic invertebrates on the planet, but it's unlike any other life form that scientists know of. Less than a millimeter in size ...

Now, researchers have discovered the bears have another unexpected Arctic adaptation: greasy fur. It’s a trait that, ...

Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson ...

The genomes of two species of water bears reveal clues about how they persist in extreme conditions, yet don’t resolve the animals’ debated evolutionary story. Bacterial DNA isolated from a ...

Polar bears need all the help they can get to survive their frosty Arctic environment. One of their biggest survival secrets ...

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