Polar Bears on the Endangered Species List

Polar Bears on the Endangered Species List

The U.S. government has proposed listing polar bears as threatened with extinction under the Endangered Species Act because the animals' sea ice habitat is melting. Learn about polar bears, bookmark photos and videos, share your opinion... [more]

The U.S. government has proposed listing polar bears as threatened with extinction under the Endangered Species Act because the animals' sea ice habitat is melting. Learn about polar bears, bookmark photos and videos, share your opinion about the proposal in the blog, or learn about the implications of adding Polar Bears to the list.

SEATTLE – In what would be the largest habitat zone ever established in the U.S. to protect a species from extinction, the federal government Thursday proposed designating 200,541 square miles on the coast of Alaska as critical habitat for polar bears. Officials said the designation is not likely to further slow the pace of oil and gas development, and it crucially would not impose any controls to slow the biggest threat to polar bears, the...  
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