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Celebrate Earth Hour on March 29th: 60 Minutes For the Planet

Earth Hour, organized by World Wildlife Fund, was inaugurated in Sydney, Australia in 2007. The hour is a globalized movement uniting people to protect the...

Tania Curry

Study: Tourism Helps Protect Canada’s Spirit Bear

Bear-viewing tours bring in 12 times more money than hunting in western Canada, according to a new study. As many nations in Africa and around the world have...

Tania Curry

Women in Conservation: Sandra Elvin

Sandra Elvin always thought she would grow up to be a veterinarian. Sandra acquired her love for nature from her father, who after spending one day in...

Tania Curry

Coca-Cola's Toast to Water

Coca-Cola and three global organizations including WWF are giving a #toasttowater to draw attention and mobilize global action and attention to freshwater...

Tania Curry

‘Super Powers’ for Protecting Nature

Environmentalists around the world are putting cutting-edge technology to use on a daily basis. “New technologies have given conservationists abilities that...

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Help Stop Wildlife Crime: How to Buy Environmentally Friendly Souvenirs

As a traveler, you have tremendous power to decrease the demand for illegal products by making informed purchases. Your purchases abroad and at home have a...

Tania Curry

Women in Conservation: Rachel Kramer

March celebrates International Women's Day and Women's History Month. To inspire you and the women in your life, we are featuring profiles of women we know...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Infographic: Marine Pollution and Why We Should Care

Guest post by Kendal Yoakum, Marketing Coordinator at Natural Habitat Adventures I’ll admit it...marine pollution isn’t an uplifting topic. But it’s...

Tania Curry

Video: Only in Namibia

Only in Namibia can you experience breath-taking landscapes, vibrant populations of lions, cheetahs, rhinos, and elephants, and a nation of people whose...

Tania Curry

7 Ways You Can Help the Polar Bears’ Plight

International Polar Bear Day comes once a year on February 27 to raise awareness for the "King of the Arctic." As Arctic sea ice takes longer and longer to...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Crows, the Ultimate Problem Solvers

Given all the research that has been conducted on domestic and wild animals, we shouldn’t be surprised at how “intelligent” they are. Yet, evidence of their...

Tania Curry

Video: UK Royalty Issues Plea to 'Unite for Wildlife'

Prince Charles of Wales and William, Duke of Cambridge, recently issued six videos to urge the end of the illegal wildlife trade through the support of...

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Tagging Greenland sharks, the “Jaws of the North”

By Jacqueline Nunes, Writer, Strategic Partnerships & Development, WWF-Canada. Way, way, way up—way up—north is probably not the first place you’d look if...

Elissa Poma

A Q-and-A on Climate Change in the Arctic with WWF’s Bryn Baker

The Arctic is often thought of as a remote and distant land – far-enough away that it seems improbable that changes there are having an effect on most of us....

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Know Before You Go: Responsible Whale Shark Tourism in Mexico

Article author Karen Douthwaite is WWF's Senior Program Officer for the Mesoamerican Reef. They measure 40 feet, weigh more than 20 tons and can have a...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: A Green Heron Fishes with Bread Bait

While green herons didn’t make this list of Top 25 Most Intelligent Nonhuman Animals, one particular green heron recently demonstrated why these birds make a...

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15 WWF Success Stories of 2013

As 2014 gets into full swing, WWF celebrates successes of 2013 and thanks supporters who made these wins possible. We've noted victories that positively...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

A New New Year’s Resolution

It’s December 31, the eve of a brand-new year. Time for reflection on the past 12 months and dreams of how we’ll make 2014 even better. And that puts us into...