Stories

The variety of sounds in the Atlantic Forest is astounding. Listen closely and the dull buzz becomes the calls of frogs, insects, birds, and maybe even a capybara.

In today’s fast-paced world, it can be easy to become overwhelmed with work, school, financial, and family responsibilities. Luckily, there is an antidote, and it is all around us. Nature. Nature in any form, be it trees, bodies of water, or plants and animals, can enhance our lives in many ways.

Later this month, WWF will join world leaders and other key stakeholders in Paris, France, for the second of five United Nations-hosted meetings to negotiate the treaty. This meeting will be the first time negotiators start mapping out the basis for the treaty’s framework before the first draft is started later this year.

WWF is dedicating its annual science symposium to Tom Lovejoy.

A color-changing lizard, a thick-thumbed bat, a venomous snake named after a Chinese mythological goddess, an orchid that looks like a Muppet, and a tree frog with skin that resembles thick moss are just five of the 380 new species described by scientists in the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia in 2021 and 2022, according to a new WWF report.

Wildtracks functions at a critical crossroads for the future of wildlife and healthy oceans in Belize: rehabilitating manatees and primates as well as supporting protected area strategies.

With a range of on-the-ground partners, the Eyes on Recovery team deployed camera traps in eight fire-affected regions to better understand the disaster’s impacts and how species are recovering.

Scientist Chouly Ou reflects on her relationship with freshwater while growing up in Cambodia.

For more than a decade, the Sitka Sound Science Center’s Scientists in the School program has exposed students in every classroom at every grade level to a wide variety of scientific disciplines, using hands-on, engaging classroom and field experiences. 

The world came together to discuss water for the first time in 46 years to discuss the central role of rivers, lakes, and wetlands in tackling the nature and climate crises, reducing disaster risk, and driving sustainable development.

Hol Chan—Mayan for “little channel”—is a prime example of how a well-operated marine reserve benefits both the environment and economy alike—and makes a convincing case for replicating the model elsewhere.

WWF and our partners are pursuing two initiatives united by a shared vision for a sustainable future

Between 1985 and 2014, a wide swath of Sumatra’s forested land—called Bukit Tigapuluh or Thirty Hills—lost 32% of its forest cover because of deforestation.

The sounds of squabbling baboons and squawking guinea fowl greet Tjavarekua Tjijahura as she rises to prepare breakfast and break camp.

Despite improved policies to protect these animals in recent decades, whales increasingly face warmer waters and the impacts of global trade.

When threatened, the silky anteater anchors its tail to a branch, raises its claws to its face like a boxer, and strikes.

Work starts early on White Gate Farm in East Lyme, Connecticut, and on a recent fall morning it involved more than putting on gloves and preparing for a day of harvesting acres of vegetables.

WWF-Myanmar has installed three automatic weather stations in climate-vulnerable areas of the country, providing communities a way to better predict, track, and plan for natural disasters.

Laura Boswerger and her husband, Michael, are passionate animal and nature lovers.

Namibia is located along the southwest coast of Africa and gained independence from South Africa in 1990.

Jeff Ubben grew up in a suburb of Chicago and cites walking through milkweed near the train tracks with his butterfly net as his earliest memory of nature.

For her Portraits of Place series, artist and professor Hillary Waters Fayle collects botanical material—thousands of petals, leaves, and seeds—from various neighborhoods and gardens.

Learning about so many places was eye-opening, but my biggest takeaway was how broken our food system was for so many people.