Stories

Toilets play an essential role in both the health of people and the environment, but billions of people worldwide do not have access to these critical facilities. Functioning toilets serve to improve the health and cleanliness of rivers and waterways—and the life that depends on them.

WWF's SVP Climate Change, Marcene Mitchell, shares her thoughts on the 26th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

As the climate crisis fuels more intense disasters, environmental issues and humanitarian needs are growing increasingly intertwined. WWF's Anita van Breda takes some time to reflect on the past and look toward the future.

To restore a forest landscape—one that will thrive for generations into the future—every detail must be planned and adapted over time.

Grassland birds are spectacular, but they are also North America's fastest-declining group of birds.

This addition pushes the herd ever closer to the milestone of 1,000 individuals—the number recommended by scientists to ensure the long-term genetic health of a herd and, in turn, the species.

WWF co-developed a mobile application called TrazApp with fishers, government, and other supply chain actors, and has been training fishers across three fishing co-ops in northern Peru to use it.

While WWF’s primary work focuses on greater one-horned and black rhinos, the scope of our efforts—on antipoaching, habitat management, and more—supports all rhino species in one way or another.

Our oceans provide food, regulate Earth’s climate, and are rooted in cultural traditions and community livelihoods around the world. When we work on ocean conservation, we are inherently also working with people dependent on the ocean, particularly those who live along coastlines.

We know nature and humanity are far more intertwined, and far more at risk, than we ever imagined.

Ensuring a future for one of the world's oldest mammals

In Africa, much of the success of wildlife conservation has been tied to income generated from the travel and tourism industry.

The white bellbird, native to the Amazon rain forest, has the loudest recorded call of any bird: 125 decibels, or roughly as loud as a rock concert.

A global “eco-wakening” is underway.

Community-driven solutions for people and nature in a changing climate

A long, thin snout lined with razor-sharp teeth slowly emerges from an elongated box on the banks of the Ganga River. It is release day for this juvenile gharial.

One of my first experiences rock climbing in Yosemite National Park was scaling the Southeast Buttress of Cathedral Peak, a vertiginous monolith that towers above Tuolumne Meadows.

Vignesh Aier offers his thoughts on incorporating conservation into investment strategies.

Scientists have estimated that, globally, seaweed sequesters as much carbon as mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes combined.

On a cloudy, 104-degree day in the Kalahari Desert last January, my wife and I embarked on our first photography trip in more than a year.

In May 2021, a team of WWF scientists, national park staff, veterinarians, and 17 citizen scientists set out on an expedition in the Dolpo region of Shey Phoksundo National Park.

“The beauty of a coral reef is in its diversity; nature is more creative than I could ever be,” says Courtney Mattison.