5 Animals Battling Climate Change

Polar Bear

Where it lives

Canada, Greenland, Russia, Norway, and Alaska, The U.S.A.

Why it is threatened

Due to shrinking amounts of sea ice in the Arctic, polar bears are losing their habitat - and changing sea temperatures are reducing the prey that polar bears rely on for food. 

Adelie Penguin

Where it lives

Antarctica

Why it is threatened

By 2099, 58 per cent of the habitat where Adelie penguins lay their eggs could be too warm and too wet to host colonies. 

American Pika

Where it lives

Mountaintops of the western U.S. and southwestern Canada.

Why it is threatened

Rising temperatures are causing changes in vegetation in the pika's range, making it difficult for the animal to find food. 

Orange-Spotted Filefish

Where it lives

Indo-Pacific coral reefs.

Why it threatened

Not only are coral reefs - the fish's habitat - in decline, but filefish are especially sensitive to warmer waters. 

Gila Monster

Where it lives

Southwestern U.S., northwest Mexico.

Whey it is threatened 

Hotter, drier conditions in the deserts mean this colourful lizard is not getting enough water to survive, causing a decline in its numbers.