Polar Bears Sink Deeper Into Danger

The 2006 edition of the global guidebook for species in danger, the IUCN Red List, published today, has officially upgraded the bears' status from 'conservation-dependent' to 'vulnerable'.

To read more about the effects of climate change, pollution, and human hunters on polar bear status, visit Michael Hopkins' article "Polar Bears Sink Deeper Into Danger" as published in today's issue of Nature: http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060501/full/060501-2.html.