Science news articles about 'polar bears'Narwhals more at risk to Arctic warming than polar bears
The polar bear has become an icon of global warming vulnerability, but a new study found an Arctic mammal that may be even more at risk to climate change: the narwhal.Federal polar bear research critically flawed, says study in INFORMS journal
... & Public Works on January 30, 2008 in a hearing, “Examining Threats and Protections for the Polar Bear.” A portion of the testimony can be viewed on a website partly supported by Prof. Armstrong and ... US lists polar bear as threatened species
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Interior Department has decided to protect the polar bear as a threatened species because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming, officials said Wednesday....Critics: Polar bear plan must fight global warming
Conservation groups returned to court to challenge Bush administration efforts to help save the polar bear, saying federal officials' refusal to include steps against global warming violates the ... Governor: Alaska to Challenge Polar Bear Listing
The state of Alaska will sue to challenge the recent listing of polar bears as a threatened species, arguing that there is not enough evidence to support the listing.Groups say they will sue over polar bears, drilling
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Two conservation groups plan to sue to protect polar bears from petroleum exploration and drilling off Alaska's coast....APNewsBreak: Companies get OK to annoy polar bears
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Less than a month after declaring polar bears a threatened species because of global warming, the Bush administration is giving oil companies permission to annoy and potentially ... Rare polar bear sighting on Iceland
A polar bear has been discovered on Iceland, which is hundreds of kilometres from the threatened species' natural habitat, a local photographer said Tuesday.Polar bears could survive - as brown bears: scientist
With Arctic ice predicted to shrink to another record low this summer, the threat to the polar bear population is increasing, scientists say. But at least on expert believes evolution - or in this ... Polar bear harassment by oil companies challenged
... groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the Bush administration's decision to let oil companies unintentionally harass or harm polar bears and walruses off the northwestern Alaska coast.Famous polar bear caught in custody battle
No animal in Europe is cuter than polar bear Knut — or has generated more cash for a zoo. Now there's a legal fight over all those millions.VIDEO: Stuck Polar Bears Eating Birds
The guillemot, a seabird that depends on ice, is losing its habitat and falling prey to polar bears desperate for food. Part of Wild Chronicles' Climate Connections series.Winnipeg zoo's polar bear, world's oldest, dying: officials
The Assiniboine Park Zoo's polar bear Debby, famous for being the oldest living polar bear in the world, is dying from age-related medical complications, zoo officials said Thursday.Alaska sues over listing polar bear as threatened
The state of Alaska has sued the federal government to overturn the listing of polar bears as a threatened species.9 polar bears observed on risky open ocean swims
Nine polar bears were observed in one day swimming in open ocean off Alaska's northwest coast, ... surveys that may indicate warming conditions are forcing bears to make riskier, long-distance swims to ...
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Narwhals more at risk to Arctic warming than polar bears
The polar bear has become an icon of global warming vulnerability, but a new study found an Arctic mammal that may be even more at risk to climate change: the narwhal.Federal polar bear research critically flawed, says study in INFORMS journal
... & Public Works on January 30, 2008 in a hearing, “Examining Threats and Protections for the Polar Bear.” A portion of the testimony can be viewed on a website partly supported by Prof. Armstrong and ...US lists polar bear as threatened species
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Interior Department has decided to protect the polar bear as a threatened species because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming, officials said Wednesday....Critics: Polar bear plan must fight global warming
Conservation groups returned to court to challenge Bush administration efforts to help save the polar bear, saying federal officials' refusal to include steps against global warming violates the ...Governor: Alaska to Challenge Polar Bear Listing
The state of Alaska will sue to challenge the recent listing of polar bears as a threatened species, arguing that there is not enough evidence to support the listing.Groups say they will sue over polar bears, drilling
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Two conservation groups plan to sue to protect polar bears from petroleum exploration and drilling off Alaska's coast....APNewsBreak: Companies get OK to annoy polar bears
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Less than a month after declaring polar bears a threatened species because of global warming, the Bush administration is giving oil companies permission to annoy and potentially ...Rare polar bear sighting on Iceland
A polar bear has been discovered on Iceland, which is hundreds of kilometres from the threatened species' natural habitat, a local photographer said Tuesday.Polar bears could survive - as brown bears: scientist
With Arctic ice predicted to shrink to another record low this summer, the threat to the polar bear population is increasing, scientists say. But at least on expert believes evolution - or in this ...Polar bear harassment by oil companies challenged
... groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the Bush administration's decision to let oil companies unintentionally harass or harm polar bears and walruses off the northwestern Alaska coast.Famous polar bear caught in custody battle
No animal in Europe is cuter than polar bear Knut — or has generated more cash for a zoo. Now there's a legal fight over all those millions.VIDEO: Stuck Polar Bears Eating Birds
The guillemot, a seabird that depends on ice, is losing its habitat and falling prey to polar bears desperate for food. Part of Wild Chronicles' Climate Connections series.Winnipeg zoo's polar bear, world's oldest, dying: officials
The Assiniboine Park Zoo's polar bear Debby, famous for being the oldest living polar bear in the world, is dying from age-related medical complications, zoo officials said Thursday.Alaska sues over listing polar bear as threatened
The state of Alaska has sued the federal government to overturn the listing of polar bears as a threatened species.9 polar bears observed on risky open ocean swims
Nine polar bears were observed in one day swimming in open ocean off Alaska's northwest coast, ... surveys that may indicate warming conditions are forcing bears to make riskier, long-distance swims to ...