Yet, polar bears are vulnerable to climate change, as rising temperatures cause sea ice to form later each year and melt earlier, resulting in a loss of habitat and less time for hunting for food ...

Most polar bears live north of the Arctic Circle to the North Pole. This includes Alaska, Canada, Russia, Greenland and Norway.

The Obama administration is setting aside 187,000 square miles in Alaska as a "critical habitat" for polar bears, an action that could add restrictions to future offshore drilling for oil and gas ...

Designation of habitat for polar bears will not affect activities that do not require federal approval or funding. And for projects that do, assessing the consequences of a project before ...

The State of Alaska filed strong objections to the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal to designate 200,541 sq miles in the state and adjacent ocean as critical habitat for polar bears.

Emaciated polar bear spotted in Russian city Environmentalists warn that climate change is responsible for the emaciated polar bear in a Russian industrial city, far from its natural habitat.

Upgrades to Point Defiance Zoo’s polar bear habitat, closed earlier in year, are in design process. Plans filed with city offer some details of what’s to come.