Stories

  • Digging sustainably

    May 07, 2025

    How do we obtain necessary minerals while protecting the communities, ecosystems, and biodiversity we're also trying to save? The good news is that a new report shows it's possible: The impact of mining ETMs for the renewable energy transition is considerably smaller than that of fossil fuel extraction.

    Orange robot arms assembling equipment
  • Sandhill cranes and the lifeline of the Rio Grande

    May 07, 2025

    Sandhill cranes travel thousands of miles every year between their breeding grounds in the northern US, Canada, and even Siberia, and their wintering sites in the southern US and Mexico. Along the way, they rely on a few critical freshwater habitats to rest and refuel. 

    A group of grayish brown sandhill cranes stand in a pond in early morning light and one is preparing to fly
  • Sea otters and kelp: a tale of cute charisma and otterly amazing climate heroism

    May 06, 2025

    Sea otters are critical players in marine ecosystems and a keystone species, meaning they have a profound effect on their ecosystem. They are vital to kelp forests, ensuring the health and carbon storage abilities of these important ecosystems.

    Sea otters float on the surface of the water
  • 4,000 reasons to love bees

    May 05, 2025

    May 20th is World Bee Day, which is an opportunity to celebrate not only the beloved honey bee, but North America’s 4,000 species of native bees.

    Two bees covered with pollen, resting on an orange flower
  • Stories of hope and wonder

    Whether they fly, swim, crawl, run, or flutter, wildlife can ignite curiosity and hope for our shared future.

    Collage of photos of different types of wildlife
  • Kelp farming catches on in Maine

    April 30, 2025

    Kelp farming is catching on in Maine as a way to sustain coastal workers while strengthening ecosystems. This story traces the journey of kelp from farm to table. 

    Kelp farmer Nate Johnson pulls up farmed kelp out of the water from his boat.
  • Tiger cubs spotted roaming Thailand's forest

    April 29, 2025

    Exciting new camera trap footage of a tigress and three cubs captured in Thailand helps show the result of decades of wild tiger conservation efforts to improve habitat, increase availability of prey, and reduce the threat of poaching across the country.

    A black and white photo of a tigress looking away from the camera with cubs at her feet
  • Teaming up to track the Pacific walrus

    April 24, 2025

    In June 2024, the Eskimo Walrus Commission coordinated with US Fish and Wildlife Service and US Geological Survey to bring Dana James, a St. Lawrence Island Yupik hunter from Gambell (Sivuqaq), on the 2024 Pacific walrus research cruise.

  • In Nepal, new snow leopard numbers show stable population

    April 23, 2025

    Nepal has announced its national estimate of the elusive snow leopard population, marking a major milestone in the conservation of this iconic Himalayan species. This landmark assessment, which compiled data from seven study regions, estimates Nepal’s snow leopard population at 397 individuals, a relatively stable population for the region. It’s the first robust estimate of the country’s snow leopard population, which until now, were only guestimates based on sign surveys—surveys of snow leopard tracks, scat, and tree scrapes—and habitat modeling. This information will be vital for informing future conservation strategies to conserve this threatened species.

    A snow leopard perched on a rock
  • The other big reason monarchs are in decline: neonicotinoid pesticides

    April 21, 2025

    It's common knowledge that the monarch butterfly is in trouble. However, like the causes themselves, the story of why the charismatic insect isn't faring well has evolved.

    A monarch sits on some purple-pink milkweed
  • The trails we share: using camera traps to track how people and wildlife coexist

    In a park in British Columbia, Canada, WWF scientist Robin Naidoo has spent the past eight years using hidden cameras to capture how people and wildlife share the same trails. The pictures depict how human recreation and wildlife movement overlap.

    Images from camera traps showing a grizzly bear, deer, mountain goats, and a biker
  • How big is the Arctic Ocean? And eight other Arctic facts

    The Arctic Ocean is about 5.4 million square miles—about 1.5 times as big as the US—but it is the world’s smallest ocean. Learn more about the Arctic and what WWF is doing to help protect it.

    Polar bear and cub
  • Tapajós, Brazil

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2025
    In their own words, river communities—and bioeconomy entrepreneurs—share their commitment to protecting their Amazon home
    Colorful plants in a basket
  • Measuring black rhino recovery

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2025
    Conservationists have introduced the IUCN Green Status, a new global standard that gauges the success of conservation efforts by assessing species’ population recovery and ecological functionality.
    A black rhino in profile
  • In the Amazon, a community uses tradition to fuel forest-friendly tourism

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2025
    It wasn’t until Irenilse Batista Sousa researched her roots that she understood what it was to be Kumaruara.
    Woman paints mans arm with traditional designs
  • The power of durable conservation in Brazil

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2025
    To permanently protect 150 million acres of the Brazilian Amazon, Brazil established the Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) program in 2002.
    A watercolor collage of the animals, people, and environment of Brazil
  • How elephants navigate India’s changing landscape

    April 02, 2025

    The state of Assam in northeast India is home to the second-largest Asian elephant population in India. The landscapes in Assam have rapidly transformed over the last two decades into a diverse mosaic of forests, crop fields, human settlements, and tea plantations that grow the famed Assam tea. Elephants and many other wildlife species are now finding their historical corridors and forest habitats fragmented and destroyed. This is pushing people and wildlife into closer proximity to each other, resulting in increased negative, and often dangerous interactions.

    three elephants walk among the grasses in Assam India
  • In Patagonia, vast and remarkably diverse landscapes

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2025
    Before traveling to Patagonia, I imagined a long, narrow chain of dramatic peaks and calving glaciers.
    Colorful landscape of mountain peaks
  • The Pollution Solution

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2025
    The planet is drowning in plastic, with dire impacts on wildlife, ecosystems, and human health. Could a landmark global treaty help turn the tide?
    Colorful plastic bags molded into the shape of a wave
  • After 70 years, tigers return to Kazakhstan

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2025
    Last September, two tigers named Bodhana and Kuma stepped into a new enclosure—and into history.
    A tiger dashes out of a gate while people observe behind a fence
  • Forest restoration can protect against disease

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2025
    Emerging data highlight how forest destruction and fragmentation can encourage transmission of zoonotic diseases.
    A logging truck in the forest lifting logs
  • The dos and don'ts of owning exotic pets

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2025
    Scroll through social media, and you’re bound to spot an “exotic pet,” an animal companion that isn’t a farm animal or a domesticated dog or cat.
    Illustration of a grey parrot with a warning icon on the bill