We immediately challenged the rule and are still fighting to change polar bears' status from “threatened” to the more protective “endangered” — in which case the rule will have to be tossed. So far, ...

But it should not open the door to use of the Endangered Species ... Learn more about polar bears and their habitat » Controversy over the status of the polar bear is tied to the fact that ...

(CNN) -- Polar bears may be listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act because ... make a final decision on the polar bear's status in 12 months. The announcement by the ...

The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere on Earth, and polar bears—listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act—are at risk due to decreasing sea ice habitat. Monitoring polar bear ...

In addition, polar bears are listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act due to the "current and predicted future declines" of sea ice, according to the Alaska Department of ...

It then states estimates in 2005 were 20,000 to 25,000 and then grew to between 22,000 and 31,000 in 2015. However, the claim that polar bear numbers have increased since the 1950s rests on thin ice, ...

Some animals on the endangered species list include cheetahs, lemurs, marine otters, black rhinoceroses, blue whales, polar bears and several others. In his post, Burgum added that ...

Their arrival increases the zoo’s polar bear population to four young females, joining Inuk and Imaq, who arrived last November. The move is part of the European Endangered Species Program (EEP ...

Imagine a world where the polar bear, stranded on a shrinking ice floe, could stand before a court and demand justice for its threatened existence. It sounds almost surreal, even whimsical — yet the ...