WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration, which promised a break from the Bush White House on global warming, declared Friday it would stick with a Bush-era policy against expanding protection for ...

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.

An investigation by The Guardian alleges the World Wildlife Fund's position on the polar bear fur trade is shockingly lax. Critics argue the organization should use its considerable influence to put ...

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 ...

Singapore approved the import of a taxidermied polar bear and other unusual wildlife items in 2024, regulated by CITES. Read ...

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials in Alaska face some 140,000 submitted comments on whether to list polar bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, but said ...

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 ...

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 ...

A neighbor arrived with a firearm and was able to shoot the bear several times. A man has sustained serious injuries after leaping to the rescue of his wife who was ambushed by a polar bear in an ...

The animal "lunged at the woman" in the attack in northern Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, police said Getty A man in northern Ontario is "recovering from serious injuries to his arm and legs" ...