One lawsuit aims to halt Wednesday's lease sales in the Chukchi Sea. Another would contest any listing of the polar bear as 'threatened.' ...

An environmental group on Thursday gave formal notice that it intends to sue the federal government for what conservationists consider a failure to protect critical habitat for polar bears from ...

(CN) – The Ninth Circuit on Monday restored a critical habitat that the U.S. government designated to protect the polar bear from the threat of climate change. Regulators listed the polar bear as an ...

They’d challenged the habitat designation, saying it was too broad and would deter activity in the region. Let's take a look at this designation and what it could mean for the industry.

30 Million Acres of Critical Polar Bear Habitat for Fossil Fuel Development. JUNEAU, Alaska— Today conservationists and Alaska Natives filed suit in federal court challenging the Bush administration’s ...

SEATTLE — In what would be the largest habitat zone ever established in the U.S. to protect a species from extinction, the federal government on Thursday proposed designating 200,541 square ...

In 2010, FWS issued a rule designating approximately 187,000 square miles as critical habitat for the polar bear, an area larger than the state of California. Nearly 96% of the total designated ...

ANCHORAGE — The federal plan for designating more than 187,000 square miles as polar bear critical habitat is too large and will lead to huge, unnecessary costs for Alaska’s petroleum industry ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The federal government will designate “critical habitat” for polar bears off Alaska’s coast, a decision that could add restrictions to future offshore petroleum ...

But have you ever wondered what plants and animals live in a polar habitatand how they survive in the cold? Well, wrap up warm, we're off to the Arctic Circle to find out! Brrr… It looks really ...

The federal government will designate “critical habitat” for polar bears off Alaska’s coast, a decision that could add restrictions to future offshore petroleum exploration or drilling.