Polar bear population seen declining
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More than two-thirds of the world's polar bears will be killed off by 2050 &#151; including the entire population in Alaska &#151; because of thinning sea ice from global warming in the Arctic, government scientists forecast Friday.
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The Arctic ice cap is melting faster than scientists had expected and will shrink 40 percent by 2050 in most regions, with grim consequences for polar bears, walruses and other marine animals, according to government researchers.
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The government plans to delay its decision to put the polar bear on the endangered list until after it leases 30 million acres near Alaska for oil and gas drilling. What gives?
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Polar bears could be decades from extinction, a survey into global warming has found. Steve Connor reports on the crisis that threatens the polar ice-cap.
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Bear's stretch of outperformance is expected to end.
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BAKU. June 18 (Interfax) - The decline in the Caspian seal population may be the result of warm winters, declining fish stocks, and pollution of the Caspian Sea, the website of Azerbaijan's Environment and Natural Resources Ministry says.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 20  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums (AMMPA) is encouraging the U.S. government and the public to act now to protect polar bears from the life-threatening effects of melting sea ice in the arctic. In a letter to the U.S.
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Unless urgent action is taken to slow down global warming polar bears will be extinct by the end of the century. The stark warning is contained in an authoritative report compiled by more than 250 scientists on the effects of climate change in the Arctic.
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By DAN JOLING ANCHORAGE, Alaska - America's northern fur seal pup population continues a marked decline this decade, federal biologists reported Friday.
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When bears wake early from hibernation, Australia suffers its worst drought in 100 years and multiple hurricanes hammer Florida should we believe The End is nigh?
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A five-year survey of outdoor recreation finds a sharp drop in the number of Americans who cast a rod and reelâand a lesser decline in hunting. But that doesnât mean weâre spending less time with animals in nature.
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Rising temperatures in the Arctic will likely increase the region&#39;s biodiversity as new species are drawn to the extreme north, but in a dramatic paradox many animals unique to the region, such as polar bears, risk extinction.
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A five-week-old polar bear cub, which had to be taken away from its mother over fears it might be eaten, has been named after a public poll.
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Canadian scientists say much of their nation's northern tundra is rapidly disappearing, being replaced by trees and shrubs, forcing wildlife from the region.
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A new movie showing  young polar bears and walruses struggling toward adulthood in a  melting Arctic puts a pair of charismatic faces on the global  warming threat.
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A decision on whether to protect Alaska's polar bears under the Endangered Species Act might not come before the government opens a major bear habitat to oil leases next week, although staff recommendations are completed, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service chief said Wednesday.
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REYKJAVIK, ICELAND - Arctic nations said changes in the world&#39;s polar regions are a concern but they fell short of committing to specific actions to slow down or adapt to warming.