Help Save the Polar Bears without Leaving Home

Polar bears are some of the most fascinating, inspiring creatures in the North American wilderness. And as you probably know, they're an endangered species (though there's recently been some dubious political debate about this). And despite scientific efforts to help protect the polar bears, those arctic animals need all the aid they can get.

And here's where we come in. With the most minor effort, we can do our part to protect the bears—without getting up from our computers.

Log on to the Wildlife Adoption Center, where you can consider adopting a polar bear or an entire polar bear family. With a donation of 20 to 50 dollars, you can contribute to the bears' protection, and get some polar bear memorabilia, too.

If you live in Canada (and even if you don't) you can sign this online petition to get the bears listed as endangered in the Canadian government.

Or, check out Polar Bear SOS, a non-profit devoted to preserving the polar bear. They even have an online comment board formatted to allow you to quickly and easily to send a note to the Bush Administration expressing your desire for the bears to receive full-fledged protection.

With the prospect of oil drilling continually threatening the bears, it's important (and pretty easy) to make your voice heard. Long live the polar bears!