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Two years ago, we asked you to speak up against a proposed mining project threatening Alaska’s Lake Clark National Park and its extraordinary wildlife. Now, we need your help again. The proposed Johnson Tract Mine has continued to advance—and it is now moving forward on a federal fast-track.
Driving across the plains of the Serengeti, every sense becomes sharpened: eyes alert as you scan the horizon, inhaling the mingling scents of lemon bush and wild mint, you listen to the echoes of animals calling in the distance, just as Africa has called to you.
Conservation Through Travel: How Botswana Leads in Sustainable Safaris In today’s world of mindful travel, more explorers are asking how their journeys impact wildlife, ecosystems and communities. The term “sustainable tourism” is everywhere—but not every trip that claims to be conservation-focused delivers on its promises. That’s why researching your travel company matters. The good news?
Does it seem to you that all of a sudden, people across North America are talking about milkweed? Lately, stories about milkweed and monarch butterflies have been appearing in local news feeds, garden groups and neighborhood conversations across North America.
Written by Ariana Bowman, WWF’s Gift Planning Senior Development Officer As we navigated through the lush forest landscape on horseback and then on foot, a sense of excitement built, an anticipation for the breathtaking sights that awaited.
We may already be living far beyond what the Earth can sustainably support, suggests the writers of a brand-new study, who analyzed more than 200 years of environmental and population data. They found that while population growth once fueled expansion and innovation, the trend shifted decades ago as the planet’s resources became increasingly strained.
From personal testing to discover your roots, connect with long-lost relatives and discover hidden family secrets to blockbuster sci-fi stories and cold-case forensics TV dramas, DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) has never been more popular. In essence, it is the primary hereditary molecule in almost all living organisms.
Summer will arrive soon, and that means that a lot of you will be thinking about a sunny beach vacation.
The Amazon river dolphin is known as the boto in Brazil and as bufeo or bufeo Colorado in Spanish-speaking parts of the Amazon Basin, including Peru, Colombia and Bolivia. No matter what we call them, freshwater river dolphins hold significant cultural importance among the Indigenous and riverine communities of the Amazon Basin.
The Amazon, home to hundreds of culturally unique Indigenous groups and one-tenth of all known species on Earth, is a vital ecosystem where the interdependence of humans and nature is evident.
By Rachel Foster, World Wildlife Fund Luck was on my side when I was able to join a Nat Hab expedition to Costa Rica!
For years, wildfires have plagued the landscape of Indonesian Borneo’s Ketapang Regency, threatening its communities and the region’s flora and fauna, which includes proboscis monkeys, pygmy elephants, sun bears and more than 30 varieties of orchids. Indonesia’s already endangered orangutans are especially at risk.
