Children to learn how to help save polar bears
A new educational website launched by WWF and Canon Europe will help teach children about the environmental impacts of climate change.
US court challenge to protect polar bears and walrus in the Beaufort Sea
Three environmental organisations in the US have filed a suit that challenges US Fish and Wildlife Service regulations that allow oil and gas activities in the Beaufort Sea and adjacent coastal plains to harm polar bears and walruses.
Polar bears: The current facts
As some recent media reports have mistakenly cited incorrect facts polar bears, WWF provides a brief summary of the most important facts about the species and the threats to their survival.
US to recognize polar bear as threatened
Global warming to push polar bear onto US Endangered Species Act?
Polar bear populations on the decline
Declining populations of polar bears indicate that the entire Arctic is under immense stress as a result of climate change.
Banrock bear boost
An Australian wine company is part-funding WWF’s polar bear conservation work on Svalbard in the Norwegian Arctic.
:: Radio programme - The polar bear dilemma ::
Margaret Williams, director of the WWF's Bering Sea region programme in Alaska, and Steve Heimel host of Alaska Public Radio Network's Talk of Alaska discuss whether global warming poses enough of a threat to the bears that they need to be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
Polar bear work media coverage
ABC News in the US and Channel 7 in Australia recently visited Hudson Bay, Canada with WWF’s Tonje Folkestad. They were filming the work of polar bear scientist Nick Lunn for tv features on the impact of climate change on polar bears.
New names for polar bears: Sola and Yume!
WWF’s International Arctic Programme linked up with WWF-Japan this year to invite youngsters from Japan to give names to the two polar bears we follow on our Polar Bear Tracker website. The winning names are Sola (sky) and Yume (dream).
Polar bear groups on patrol in Russia’s northeast
In an effort to reduce human-wildlife conflict in Russia’s northeast, locals are taking matters into their own hands to control polar bear populations.