“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 ...

Research and Teaching Interests: Invertebrate Zoology; Marine Invertebrate Chemical Ecology, Nutrition, and Reproduction; Ocean Acidification; Polar Marine Biology; Climate Change; Antarctic Marine ...

After researching, scientists found that a polar bear's hair is coated in a natural grease containing cholesterol and fatty acids, which repels ice and snow from sticking to them. Inside Edition ...

University of Toronto Scarborough researchers have directly linked population decline in polar bears living in Western Hudson Bay to shrinking sea ice caused by climate change. The researchers ...