Stories

Crowdsourcing is a way to find solutions to problems by asking a large group of people to contribute information, ideas, data, and content about a certain idea. WWF is using this tool to address knowledge gaps about climate change, and help implement solutions.

Amur leopards can run at speeds of up to 37 miles per hour. Learn more about Amur leopards and the work WWF is doing to protect them. 

WWF President and CEO Carter Roberts on working with communities to create highly local solutions to multiple environmental challenges.

Environmental activist Matt Ballen on using advocacy to protect the environment.

Sea turtles are some of the most majestic, long-living animals in the ocean, yet hundreds of thousands of them are accidentally caught and die in shrimp nets and other fishing gear each year. Endangered loggerheads, green turtles, and leatherbacks are especially vulnerable.

Sumatran elephants are pretty adorable. Yet across Indonesia, they’re losing their forest homes to the unsustainable production of palm oil.

With flavor as bright as its color, pesto is a delicious treat. But pine nuts are a key food for the Amur tiger’s main prey. If we consume pine nuts faster than the trees can replenish, we’re taking away food from tiger’s prey and, ultimately, tigers.

WWF designed and installed a remarkable new thermal and infrared camera and software system that can identify poachers from afar and alert park rangers of their presence.

After a century of constant decline, the number of wild tigers is on the rise! According to the most recent data, at least 3,890 tigers now exist in the wild—up from an estimated 3,200 in 2010.

Tiger populations fighting for a comeback in the wild will receive a much needed lifeline from the United States government. Improved and tightened regulations around captive tigers will make it more difficult for captive-bred tigers to filter into and stimulate the illegal wildlife trade that threatens wild tigers in Asia.

Jeff Neterval grew up exploring the rivers, woods, and fields near his home outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Years later, he founded The Race Against Extinction, a nonprofit that organizes races and other outdoor events to benefit conservation organizatio

The coral reefs and coastal mangroves of Belize are necessary for both the wildlife that live there and the people who rely on it for income and protection. Help us save this threatened World Heritage site.

In Palencia Village, a loose coalition of people is finding new ways to make a living from nature while protecting their long-held way of life

Do your mind and body good: Visit a park

A remote mineral lick yields a rare photo op

How WWF helped assemble a broad coalition of people to conserve the Northern Great Plains

Scientist Pulitzer-Prize winning author and WWF Board of Directors Jared Diamond talks about how he became passionate about the environment.

Using scientific modeling to gauge the real state of wildlife populations

After a record-breaking warm Arctic winter, sea ice hit a record low for the largest area it covers during the winter months. The ice covered only 5.60 million square miles on March 24— surpassing last year’s record low of 5.61 million square miles.

For the first time in a century, the number of tigers living in the wild is going up

A new census in Virunga aids in conservation

A trip to Kenya to see the animals of the plains