If sea ice and its denizens are to be protected ... Enric Sala is leading an effort to preserve some of the bears’ dwindling habitat. “In Russia we found bears stuck on islands eating grass ...

Two-thirds of the world's polar bears could be extinct by 2050 if greenhouse gas-fueled global warming keeps melting their Arctic sea-ice habitat. The Center has led the charge to save polar bears ...

Melting ice in the Arctic and Antarctic is putting incredible pressure on animals like polar bears, penguins, seals, and walruses, threatening their survival as their habitats shrink and food ...

Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk ...

So that's a significant amount of area." The best known consequence of disappearing sea ice in the Arctic is the loss of the polar bear habitat. Learn more about polar bears and their habitat ...