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A person affixes a FLIR camera to the roof of a truck on a sunny day

How thermal cameras and AI are powering rhino conservation success in Kenya

Through the FLIR system, high-powered thermal cameras equipped with night vision and artificial intelligence can detect humans, wildlife, or vehicle movements at night. The cameras will then send automated alerts back to the operator of the camera system, allowing staff to quickly respond.

  • The Bezos Earth Fund and WWF invest in solutions for the climate crisis

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2021
    WWF received $100 million to accelerate the most promising nature-based solutions—methods that harness the power of nature to provide for communities and stabilize our climate.
    Landscape of river from above

  • Conservation Reboot

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2021
    Scientists around the world are harnessing the power of technology to address conservation challenges.
    Graphic of signals

  • A snaring crisis grips Southeast Asia, threatening its biodiversity

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2021
    A deadly crisis is spreading across Southeast Asia, silently emptying forests of wildlife. Snaring impacts over 700 mammal species in the region, including rare animals such as the Asian elephant.
    Elephant line illustration

  • WWF study finds 509 new dams planned or under construction in protected areas

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2021
    Rivers are more than water; they’re the lifeblood of ecosystems. So when a river’s natural flow is impeded by a dam, biodiversity suffers.
    Winding river from above

  • Meet the aye-aye, the world's weirdest primate

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2021
    Face of possum, tooth of mouse, ear of bat—it’s not a line from Macbeth, but it just might describe the world’s weirdest primate.
    Aye-Aye up close

  • Hazelnuts: great for the environment, but vulnerable to climate change

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2021
    Hazelnuts are known for the rich, distinctive flavor they lend to some of our favorite treats, like chocolate and coffee. But this wonder crop is particularly vulnerable to climate change.
    Hazelnuts on tree

  • Testing the Waters

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2021
    Investing in open-ocean seaweed farming could help move the needle on climate change.
    Seaweed underwater

  • Scientists lead a yearlong expedition to study the changing Arctic

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2021
    Since returning to port last October, researchers have been analyzing atmospheric conditions, rates of sea ice melt and new ice formation, Arctic biodiversity, and other data.
    Ship in ice with crewperson walking outside

  • Gallery: Photographs by Reuben Wu

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2021
    Visual artist Reuben Wu hopes his unique images will change people's perception of the natural world and inspire them to protect it.
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  • In Mexico, teachers learn the art of butterfly conservation firsthand

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2021
    Winning Natural Habitat Adventures' 2020 Monarch Butterfly Scholarship Grant gave two teachers from the midwest the chance to experience butterfly conservation firsthand in Michoacan, Mexico.
    Monarch on flower

  • Jeanette and Kevin Kennedy on conservation as a family tradition

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2021
    Jeanette and Kevin Kennedy grew up exploring the magnificent redwood forests of California. They're dedicated supporters of conservation for themselves, their son's generation, and future generations.
    Tiger walking in tall grass

  • WWF Board Member Iris Mwanza on the interconnectedness of nature and people

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2021
    From going on safari with her family in Zambia in her youth to now leading a nonprofit focused on community health, Iris has come to recognize how entirely interlinked humans and nature are.
    Iris Mwanza

  • Supercharge your soil with kitchen food scraps

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2021
    Composting may sound like hard, messy work. But done right, it can be a simple (and even tidy) way to benefit your garden and the planet.
    Illustration of apple tree with compost beneath

  • Supporting sustainable aquaculture in the Amazon

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2021
    In 2018, WWF helped create an initiative that provides technical support to Amazonian fish farms. Paiche farming applys local Indigenous knowledge to the conservation of the fish populations.
    Aerial photo of fish farming cages

  • Capturing a rare rhino on its midnight stroll

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2021
    Mostly active at night, the critically endangered black rhino is an elusive species. A well-placed camera trap spotted one of these rare rhinos walking through a wildlife corridor in Kenya.
    Black rhino facing camera at night

  • A sign of a balancing ecosystem, the Himalayan lynx returns to its ancestral home

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2021
    As the markhor, a key food source for the lynx, has returned, so has the lynx, and its reappearance is being celebrated as a sign that the ecosystem’s natural balance is on the mend.
    Lynx walking on rocky ground

  • New Facebook alert informs users about wildlife trafficking

    December 21, 2020

    Since 2016, Facebook and WWF have been working together to address wildlife trafficking by detecting and removing illicit activity that fuels the trade in wildlife and its products on one of the largest social media platforms in the world. As part of this effort, Facebook launched a new pop-up interstitial alert message that will inform users about illegal wildlife trade when certain wildlife-related search words are entered.

    A barbary macaque sits in a tree looking up

  • Common Ground

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2020
    Tawau, the east malaysian district where Christina Ak Lang grew up, is a tropical paradise.
    Aerial photo of palm field

  • Crossing Paths

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2020
    As seasonal waters ebb and flow, the movements of elephants and other wildlife follow.
    African elephant facing camera

  • Climate Crowd

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2020
    Pilot projects implemented in Zimbabwe work to address the impact of climate change and reduce pressure on natural ecosystems, benefiting the people and land alike.
    Aerial view of Victoria Falls with rainbow

  • Flow Lines

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2020
    Keeping water flowing for people and wildlife in the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area will take action at every level. Here's what WWF is doing for it.
    Aerial photo of three elephants wading through water

  • Art for Earth: Crowdsourcing art for nature

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2020
    This year, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, eco-enthusiasts around the world found a new way to express their love for the planet.
    Colorful illustration saying there is no planet B

  • Upcycling: How to build a wardrobe that helps the Earth

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2020
    Thriving secondhand marketplaces—online and in person—have made it easier for us to upcycle the clothes we don’t wear, giving discarded items new life.
    Illusration of washing machine with recycle logo

  • Employing AI to evaluate wildlife populations on a global scale

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2020
    Launched in December 2019 by Google and a host of conservation partners, Wildlife Insights offers a simple upload system, cloud-based storage, and AI tagging and analysis.
    Wildlife Insights logo