This experiment showed that the ice adhesion of unwashed polar bear fur is exceptionally low. While the often-accepted threshold for “icephobicity” is around 100 kPa, the unwashed fur measured as ...
“Unwashed, greasy hair made it much harder for ice to stick. In contrast, when the polar bear hair was washed and the grease largely removed it performed similarly to human hair, to which ice sticks ...
Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson ...
Polar bears are not just the largest bear species on earth they also hold the distinction of being the only species of bear that has been documented ...
open image in gallery A polar bear hunts on the sea ice of Hudson Bay in Manitoba, Canada. New research has found the bears’ fur is the secret to why that ice does not attach to their fur ...
“That happened with me. We were in Churchill, Manitoba, and we were with a guide who’s a biologist. And this polar bear decided to just come over this hill and was walking towards us at 70 yards away.
We were in Churchill, Manitoba, and we were with a guide who’s a biologist. And this polar bear decided to just come over this hill and was walking towards us at 70 yards away. I was at the ...
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