The implications of this research extend beyond understanding polar bear ecology. "Our work shows that polar bear fur provides an alternative strategy to produce an anti-icing surface based on the ...

Shapiro’s Nature Ecology study also focused on what may have happened to other polar bear genomes during periods of low ice—in this case, around 120,000 or 125,000 years ago when, according to ...

Polar bears may be struggling to nourish their ... according to a paper that will be published Thursday in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series.

“Studies including observational data at polar bear den sites have been few, and this study contributes significantly to our knowledge about denning ecology. “Further, as the data from ...

Ultimately, that’s a question for the polar bear experts, including Lairdre and Derocher, at the International Union for Conservation of Nature. They’ll consider factors including the number ...

I think that's where they offer considerable promise." The researcher, who studies polar bear ecology, also says the tags could fill important gaps in knowledge about the bears. And as the Arctic ...