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Update: Wildfires in Brazil

By Karl Egloff, WWF The Pantanal has fascinated me since I first learned about it in a documentary ten years ago.  It is a world of...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Kenya’s Cattle Ranchers Conserve Wild Hartebeests—and Lion Predators

Hartebeests—the narrow-faced, savanna-adapted and unusual-looking African antelope that are native to more than 25 African countries—are on a downhill...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Good News for Wildlife: Rare South American Bush Dogs Spotted in Costa Rica

Stories of animals venturing into and enjoying new places have been one bright spot during the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic of 2020. But even before we had...

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Hannah Wagner

Watch: WWF’s VP of Ocean Conservation discuss the Galapagos

Earlier this summer, Lauren Spurrier, WWF’s Vice President of Ocean Conservation joined Natural Habitat Adventures’ Daily Dose webinar series to talk about...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Outdoor Education Is Disappearing Due to COVID-19

We know that having had exposure to nature as a child makes you a healthier adult—both mentally and physically. Several scientific studies have proven that...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: Nature Finally Talks Back—Redux

Throughout history, philosophers have construed the universe in many ways, and one of the oldest is to see it made up by pairs of opposites. For example, art...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: Nature Finally Talks Back—Again

In the past few months, as the coronavirus has raged around the world, many of us who were sheltering-in-place have had a simple, binary choice: stay inside...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Coronavirus: Good News for Air Quality? Yes—and No.

Almost every aspect of life has changed dramatically since the coronavirus pandemic began months ago. Today, we are still social distancing from family and...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

To Prevent the Next Pandemic, Protect Nature

Spreading around the world at the speed of light, COVID-19 has now infected more than 2.5 million people and killed almost 177,000. Although the virus’s...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

For Earth Day 2020, a 50th Anniversary Film: “When the Earth Moves”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwnkw5pnG38 The original Earth Day turns 50 years old tomorrow. I have been thinking about this momentous anniversary for...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary: An Encounter with its Founder

“There was a special adventure to being a young boy in northwestern Wisconsin. There was the adventure of exploring a deep green pine forest, crunching...

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Hannah Wagner

Monarch Populations Decrease

A recent survey found that monarch butterflies only occupied 7 acres of forest during the 2019-2020 winter season, a 53% decrease from the 15 acres that were...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Elephants and Lions Align Against Rhinos

The term Africa’s Big Five means something quite different today than it did when it was coined in the late 1800s during the continent’s colonial period....

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WWF

5 Activities to Explore Our World From Home

These are difficult times. As you have likely started to feel the impacts of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic in your community, we hope you're taking...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

How to Be a Better Environmentalist When Traveling

Like many of you, I suspect, I worry a lot about environmental issues: diminishing biodiversity, climate change, greenhouse gases and melting glaciers. Yet,...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Rewilding Scotland’s Highlands with Wildcats

Bears, lynx, wolves and wildcats used to roam the lands that today make up Great Britain. European brown bears, however, have been extinct there since at...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Climate Change Is Affecting Alaska’s Salmon—and Its Bears

Katmai National Park is a realm of untrammeled rivers, pristine streams and clear lakes. The park and the greater Alaska Peninsula are part of the Bristol Bay...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Conservation or Preservation: Which Is Best for Now and in the Future?

In the environmental world, it’s sometimes characterized as the classic debate: should wild areas be preserved for their intrinsic qualities, or should they...

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