Many animals are on the endangered species list. Some of these species eventually go extinct. There are different variations of severity of the list. Polar bears are on the endangered species list due to global warming. Panthers are on the list due to humans hunting and killing them. Polar bears and panthers are endangered species.
Habitat

Polar bears may be found, “in the U.S.(Alaska), Norway, Canada, Russia, and Greenland on numerous frozen seas and bays” (Alongi 1). They can be found all across the arctic. They spend a majority of their lives on water or frozen sea ice caps. The polar bears rarely touch solid ground in the short arctic summer. The polar bears depend on the sea ice to hunt and store energy for the summer, but the ice is melting earlier and freezing later. Their habitat is not the same as it used to be.

Panthers live in forests, swamps, and prairies, and they are territorial animals who travel hundreds of miles within home range. “Destruction, degradation and fragmentation of habitat are the greatest threats to panther survival” (Threats to Florida Panthers 1). Panthers prefer warm climates over cold climates. More panthers are being lost every year due to humans hunting them, global warming, and pollution. The panthers’ status will continue to go down unless we stop killing them and …show more content…
It is all about where the animals land on the food chain and what they eat. ”Once a forest-dwelling omnivore, today polar bears are true carnivores, dining on very large prey like seal and elk , and is so dependent upon the se that it is considered a marine mammal” (Alongi 1). A lot of people assume that if the animal is a carnivore, big, and dangerous then there is no way that animal will ever become endangered. That is not the case; however, they do have a better chance of not becoming endangered. The food chain can always