Polar bear’s status: Headlines in Thursday’s Section A about an Interior Department ruling said that it was listing the polar bear as an endangered species.

As of this writing, the Bush administration has not rendered a verdict on whether polar bears will be declared an endangered species, but a federal judge has given the administration a deadline of ...

When former Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced that the polar bear would be listed as threatened, he simultaneously vowed he wouldn't let the listing affect U.S. climate policy, executing an ...

During Polar Bear Week, celebrated the first week of November, animal advocacy groups around the world focus on these marine mammals, listed as threatened on the U.S. endangered species list, and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Polar bears are in deep trouble because of global warming and other factors and deserve federal protection under the Endangered Species Act, the Bush administration is proposing ...

How does the study relate to the Endangered Species Act? The study also has policy implications because it allows a formal assessment of how future proposed actions would impact polar bears.

In 2008, after projections showed that two thirds of the world’s polar bears could die by the middle of the 21st century, polar bears became the first animal to be listed as a protected species ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing added protections for seven species of pangolin under the Endangered Species ...

In 2008, polar bears had the dubious distinction of being the first animal placed on the United States’ endangered species list due to climate threats, specifically the loss of Arctic sea ice.