Stories

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In their own words, river communities—and bioeconomy entrepreneurs—share their commitment to protecting their Amazon home

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.

It wasn’t until Irenilse Batista Sousa researched her roots that she understood what it was to be Kumaruara.

To permanently protect 150 million acres of the Brazilian Amazon, Brazil established the Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) program in 2002.

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.

Before traveling to Patagonia, I imagined a long, narrow chain of dramatic peaks and calving glaciers.

The planet is drowning in plastic, with dire impacts on wildlife, ecosystems, and human health. Could a landmark global treaty help turn the tide?

Last September, two tigers named Bodhana and Kuma stepped into a new enclosure—and into history.

Emerging data highlight how forest destruction and fragmentation can encourage transmission of zoonotic diseases.

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.