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How Canadian Cops Ended a Decade-Long Fight Over How to Manage the World’s Polar Bears

Over the last 10 years, the poaching and trafficking of animal products has become the fourth-highest-grossing crime in the world. But because wildlife crime is not bound by national borders and each country has its own rules and ideas, its management and policing has become unwieldy at best.

Katherine Laidlaw

The Lede: The Vietnamese Refugee Crisis, Secrets to Enjoying AWP, Polar Bears’ Changing Diet, and More

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Pacific Standard Staff

Environment

How Climate Change Is Upending the Arctic Food Web

A new study shows that melting ice is threatening the survival of polar bears by undercutting the base of their food supply.

Randall Hyman

Since We Last Spoke: Polar Bears

Updates to stories from the Pacific Standard archive.

Pacific Standard Staff

Environment

A Little Extra Ice Is Helping This Year’s Catch for Polar Bears

Ice gathered on Hudson Bay's western edge is helping some bears hunt seals longer into the summer than they normally would.

Francie Diep

News in Brief

The FWS Can Say Climate Change Threatens Polar Bears, but the Agency Can’t Do Much About It

Climate change may threaten America’s plants and animals, but the Endangered Species Act can’t require anybody to reduce…

Pacific Standard Staff

News in Brief

Lucite Crocodiles and Alternative Protest: The Art of COP21

The tensions at this year's summit have yielded scenes of strange beauty.

Ted Scheinman

News in Brief

What Is Happening in Paris, and What Do All These Acronyms Mean?

At COP21, the UNFCCC will take the findings of the IPCC, assess the INDCs of 195 signatory countries, and help LDCs limit their GHGs. Here is what all of that means.

Ted Scheinman