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WWF’s Wildlife Crime Technology Project (WCTP) is piloting innovative technologies to combat poaching in Kenya.

Reimagine your refrigerator to help freeze the footprint of your food

James Redford remembers a solitary walk in a snowstorm in Timpanogos Canyon, Utah, as the moment his love for nature “shifted into place and never left.”

I grew up in Trinidad and Tobago, where you can’t escape the ocean—and you wouldn’t want to.

Some of Chris Dodd's most enduring memories revolve around rivers.

By all accounts, Glenn Pritchard and Mia Isaacs should be rivals. They each own a seafood processing plant and exporting company in The Bahamas, and both stake a claim to the lucrative spiny lobster business. But one unmatched necessity brings these two competitors together without a second thought: a healthy and robust lobster population in Bahamian waters.

WWF scientists collaborate on a geographically expansive, long-term study to quantify the impacts of marine protected areas on both people and nature

Nature, people, poverty, and opportunity: A conversation between Carter Roberts and CARE's Michelle Nunn

A group of Persian leopards was released into Russia’s Caucasus (Kavkazsky) State Nature Biosphere Reserve today. The event is a remarkable step in restoring leopard populations to the Caucasus.

WWF conservation experts were thrilled to spot an mother Irrawaddy dolphin with her newly born baby on the banks of the Mekong River in Cambodia. Just last month, the dolphin family was found in Kampi pool, which is home to around 20 of the last remaining 80 Irrawaddy river dolphins in Cambodia. The river dolphins are beloved icons in Cambodia and females give birth only every two to three years, so any birth creates a sensation.

Just beyond the remote mountain village of Yangma in the high Himalayas of eastern Nepal, Nepali conservationists fitted a female snow leopard with a GPS collar. The collar will allow scientists to track this snow leopard’s movements daily for the next year, which will help us learn more about these mysterious and endangered cats. This female becomes the third snow leopard collared near Yangma since 2013, the first two having both been males.

From bison herds in the Northern Great Plains to polar bears in the far north of Alaska, wild creatures need our help to not only survive, but to thrive. WWF works with the government, businesses, universities, local communities, and other conservation organizations to ensure we can protect animal populations and their habitats. Take a look at a few of these amazing species found in the United States

WWF has teamed up with global design company IDEO to brainstorm an innovative solution to more effectively gather information about polar bears.

WWF is excited to recognize Boulder, Colorado as this year’s US Earth Hour Capital for its leadership inaddressing climate change. The title is awarded as part of our Earth Hour City Challenge initiative which highlights and supports local action on climate, including transitioning to 100 percent renewable energy, preparing for the impacts of extreme weather, and working with residents on strategies.

Elephants have been hit hard by a global poaching epidemic that’s emptying the planet of an array of wildlife. As many as 30,000 elephants are killed for their ivory each year. But people and governments are taking a stand for these remarkable animals – and making a tremendous impact.

Over 40 representatives from nine of 12 snow leopard range countries gathered in Kathmandu, Nepal, in April 2016 for a workshop on climate smart conservation planning at the landscape level to protect the iconic snow leopard and its habitat.

Rampant ivory poaching has reduced the elephant population in Tanzania’s oldest and largest protected area by 90 percent in fewer than 40 years. WWF is sounding the alarm for urgent action in combating wildlife crime in the reserve.