The Center has led the charge to save polar bears from extinction. We wrote the 2005 scientific petition calling for their protection under the Endangered Species Act, and we filed suit twice with our ...

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

It’s not the white fluffy look-alike our kids snuggle or the cartoon image drinking Coca-Cola or “fat loungers who draw crowds at zoos” or animated replicas who speak to our children with the press of ...

The scientists behind the study believe their work can provide a scientific framework for policymakers to strengthen the Endangered Species Act to further protect polar bears. According to the U.S ...

Biological opinions issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service violate the Endangered Species Act by not fully examining and mitigating the project’s harms ...

Synonymous with conservation, polar bears remain endangered as their Arctic sea ice habitat continues to shrink at a rate of about 14 percent every decade. Polar bears are an iconic symbol of the ...

The number of polar bears in Alaska declined significantly between the 1950s and 1970s, largely due to hunting, although there has been some recovery due to their status as an endangered species.

Polar bears need all the help they can get to survive their frosty Arctic environment. One of their biggest survival secrets appears to be greasy hair. The sebum–or hair grease–on their fur ...

OFFICIALS SAY POLAR BEARS BEAU AND NICK ARE SHOWING PROMISING ... SO WILD BEARS ARE NOT CRITICALLY ENDANGERED YET. BUT THE ENVIRONMENT IS CHANGING RAPIDLY. SO IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ...

On this week's episode: asteriod Bennu has building blocks of life, how polar bears keep ice off their fur, a dog discovers a ...

approximately 31,294 live polar bears, carcasses or parts were exported to 73 different countries, according to data collected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.

rivals the polar bear as the largest member of the bear family and as the largest land-based predator. The Yellowstone grizzly bear was removed from the Endangered Species List in 2007.