Tuesday February 11 2020
Three downloadable documents where PBSG advice the Parties on how to priortize rsearch and monitoring activities
Friday September 20 2019
Updated status table developed and published for the first time since 2014
Thursday November 29 2018
For the first time the Chukchi Sea subpopulation size has been estimated, and indices of subpopulation status are generally positive
Friday April 27 2018
The proceedings from the 18th PBSG meeting in Anchorage has been finalized and published
Wednesday November 16 2016
A new and improved red list assessment for polar bears was published in 2015, again concluding that polar bears are in the category Vulnerable.
Monday November 14 2016
The 18th meeting of the PBSG, and the first regular meeting since 2009, was held in Anchorage. A packed agenda and five full days of meeting.
Thursday April 16 2015
Can polar bears switch to and survive on terrestrial food? A new study from USGS gives us the answer.
Friday July 18 2014

Tuesday July 08 2014
In the status section there is a new text explaining why the PBSG has given global population range estimates for polar bear abundance since 1993, what these numbers are and what they're not.
Thursday June 26 2014
The PBSG met in Fort Collins for a week in early June 2014, the second intersessional members-only meeting in a row, to continue discussions how to solve issues of future capacity.
Friday February 14 2014
A new and updated status table was finalized prior to the Moscow Meeting of the Parties in December 2013.
Monday October 07 2013
The Nunavut Wildlife Management Board proposed a change in TAH in Foxe Basin this summer and PBSG missed the hearing deadline, but makes its response public now.
Thursday March 21 2013
You can now learn a bit more about each member of the PBSG through a picture and a brief bio.