“It’s something that I had never really thought deeply about: is there something unique about their fur?” Applying each group’s research strengths, the team demonstrated that the oils in polar bear ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife responded to a report that a momma bear had apparently been hit by a car and was found with its cub lying in an apartment parking lot in Truckee.

According to the group’s findings, which have been published in Science Advances, the key lies in polar bear’s sebum—a natural skin oil secreted from glands beneath their fur. This oily ...

(Courtesy: Jenny E Ross) In the teeth of the Arctic winter, polar-bear fur always remains free of ice – but how? Researchers in Ireland and Norway say they now have the answer, and it could have ...

Both Lady and Joy carried fur that ranged from cinnamon brown to jet black depending on the season, even gaining internet fame for the annual Baylor Bear Fur Tracker that tracked their transitions ...

Senior author Bodil Holst, a physicist at the University of Bergen in Norway, was inspired to investigate polar bear fur after watching a TV quiz program, she tells Michael Le Page at New Scientist.

Forget boots — this winter, it’s all about coats with fur. After years of animal fur being pushed out of fashion, style-savvy Gen Zers are ostracizing faux, flocking to secondhand stores to ...

PETA announced in 2020 that it was ending its long-running “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” campaign. For three decades, the ads decrying the use of animal pelts in fashion had featured ...

Thanks to the "mob wife" style trend and advances in manufacturing technology that make it look like the real thing, fake fur has conquered catwalks and the high street. The look is set to last ...

The rare "PSA 10 Thropy Kangaskhan Parent and Child Tournament 1998" card demands a king's ransom. 3. Blastoise and Venusaur – each fetching around £185,868 On eBay, sellers are seeking nearly ...