Stories

In March 2024, Cyclone Gamane struck Madagascar, causing extensive flooding, wind damage, and agricultural losses.² The cyclone's impacts were severe, with heavy rainfall leading to flooding in the regions of Diana, Sava, and Analanjirofo. Rivers overflowed, inundating homes, schools, and agricultural lands, carrying away cattle, and causing extensive damage to infrastructure, including two major bridges. The cyclone impacted 535,000 people, displaced over 22,000, resulted in 18 deaths, and increased the transmission of waterborne diseases.³ In addition, the agricultural sector suffered greatly, losing crops and livestock and in turn magnifying food insecurity and upending livelihoods.

Thirteen community-based organizations and one academic institution across 10 countries have been awarded these prestigious grants, continuing WWF’s commitment to inclusive conservation by supporting local organizations in strengthening education, training, and community empowerment.

WWF partnered with the community of Savoonga to host a week-long participatory photography workshop. We worked with the participants to grow their photography skills and explore the art of telling visual stories.

It's "crunch time" for climate action. We're already seeing the impacts of a warming planet and have five scant years to halve our emissions if we are to have any hope of limiting global warming to under 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit.

From deadly wildfires in Texas to devastating floods in North Carolina, disasters have wreaked havoc across the US in 2024, set to be the world’s hottest year on record. They shook millions of lives and caused billions of dollars in damage. As the climate crisis intensifies, there is no question that the intensity and frequency of extreme weather – often resulting in disasters – is increasing.

Wild pygmy hippos live a reclusive and nocturnal life in swampy forests in West Africa. Read on to learn more about these endangered animals.

To ensure that world leaders deliver the treaty that people and nature need, WWF has identified four must-haves that—as a starting point—states must secure at the final negotiations. 

As food production has the greatest impact of any human activity on the planet, WWF's Markets Institute proposes new standards to reduce the impact of global food trade and production.

Did you know that up to 40% of all food produced is lost or wasted globally? The food we lose on farms alone could feed the world’s undernourished population almost four times over.

Reducing food waste is a huge challenge, but also an opportunity. We have proven solutions that can help tackle the food waste crisis. However, a number of myths pose barriers to adopting them.

Here are seven myths about food waste, and why they’re not true.

The rare New Britain Goshawk (Accipiter princeps) has been photographed for the first time in history. The bird of prey is found only on the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea. The last documented scientific record of the bird is from 1969 and is kept at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

With advances in climate science, scientists have identified strong links between our planet’s warming and changing weather patterns. This is known as attribution science: the study of to what degree human influence may have contributed to the frequency, intensity, and likelihood of extreme climate or weather events.

A new interactive online atlas tracks the migration patterns of Tibetan antelopes, reindeer, guanacos, plains zebras, wildebeests and more ungulates.

Climate Week—properly known as Climate Week NYC—is the brainchild of the non-profit organization The Climate Group and will run from September 22-29, 2024. Here are four big reasons why we care—and think you should,  too.

WWF is working with partners to install artificial beaver dams in streams on dozens of ranches in the Northern Great Plains. These structures aim to slow water flow, prevent harmful erosion, and distribute this precious resource throughout the landscape. The end result will raise the water table, improve soil health, nourish plants, and provide habitat for wildlife.

Amidst a sea of oil palm plantations and deforested land on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, lies one of the last strongholds for biodiversity here, a rain forest known as Thirty Hills. Within the Thirty Hills forest resides a company known as PT ABT, which is managing around 100,000 acres of this forest as an ecosystem restoration concession. In other words, this is a company working to drive profit from the conservation and restoration of the forest instead of from clearing it, all the while partnering with the local and Indigenous communities who live in or near the forest concession.

On a visit to a Sitka kindergarten class, WWF's Alexis Will shares with students how cool their home is and  encourages them to explore, think about, and engage with the world around them. And in exchange, the kindergartners show a different version of the world we think we know.

Virtual fencing is still a new and developing technology—but could transform how ranchers raise livestock while rejuvenating native grasslands and protecting wildlife that rely on intact and healthy prairie.

This fall marks a pivotal moment for the future of nature conservation. In late October, world governments will meet in Colombia to continue work on the most ambitious plan ever to save the vast array of diversity of life on planet Earth.

Tackling the climate crisis will be one of the biggest challenges of our time, and nature itself can contribute to the fight. 

Clay Bolt, celebrated conservation photographer and WWF's Northern Great Plains communications manager, documents the rich biodiversity flourishing on and around sustainably managed ranches. His photos capture the vibrant life that emerges from the symbiosis between humans and wildlife in the Great Plains.