Rumors of a Gene Simmons Family Jewels reunion had the internet in a frenzy on Wednesday (October 7) as reports claimed that A&E confirmed a revival of the popular sitcom for 2016. UPDATE 08/10/2015: This story seems to be false.
Because of ongoing and potential loss of their sea ice habitat resulting from climate change, polar bears were listed as a threatened species in the US under the Endangered Species Act in May 2008. The survival and the protection of the polar bear habitat are urgent issues for WWF.
National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen captured a photo of an emaciated, deceased polar bear last summer while traveling around Svalbard, Norway, which he posted in recent days. This photograph, along with another photo of an exceptionally skinny polar bear that went viral in late August, would seem to speak to the dangers that global warming poses to the iconic species. Rapid sea ice loss is depriving polar bears of their habitat, since they depend on the ice to hunt prey.