WASHINGTON — Government officials say the Interior Department has decided to protect the polar bear as a threatened species because of global warming. The officials told The Associated Press the bears ...

But Taylor, point man on polar bears in Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's administration, argues that the scientific justification simply isn't there — at least not yet — to declare the polar bear "threatened ...

The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species yesterday because of the loss of Arctic sea ice but also cautioned that the decision should not be viewed as a path to change U.S.

Winner of the Sundance U.S. Documentary Competition's Grand Jury Prize, Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden's film is both ...

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration had an important decision to make. It decided that polar bears deserve protection under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service asked that ...

Last week, the Bush administration officially acknowledged the polar bear’s plight – listing it as a “threatened species” under the Endangered Species Act. Don’t celebrate yet. This is ...

“Svalbard (and the Barents Sea area) has experienced a much faster loss of sea ice than other areas having polar bears,” Aars ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The polar bear can be found in just one place in America — Alaska — and is perhaps as much a symbol of the state as, say, alligators are of Florida. So you might think Alaska’s ...