| |
Hi John—it's been a while since we've connected over email. We thought you might enjoy these stories that show the difference we're making for nature and species from sea turtles and river dolphins to lemurs. Supporters like you make our work possible year after year.
We still want you by our side but let us know if your email preferences have changed.
|
|
Saving sea turtles
Discover the inspiring story of Acandí, Colombia, where fishers are turning the tide for sea turtles and the community's future. |
|
|
|
Get plastic out of nature
You can take a stand against plastic pollution. Urge world leaders to establish a global legally binding treaty for a cleaner, plastic-free ocean. Let's protect our oceans together. |
|
|
|
Can you tell?
By some estimates, the crop shown here accounts for about one-fifth of global calorie consumption. Do you know what it is? |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Diet
Rodents, rabbits, insects, fruit, and carrion |
What's in a name?
The most common coat color of the red fox is a shade of red, with grayish, black, and white accents. There are other color phases or morphs: the silver fox (whose coat can be silver to nearly black) and the cross fox, with a reddish brown coat, one black stripe down the back, and another across the shoulders.
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Cross foxes, a melanistic form of red foxes, are found throughout much of the northern hemisphere, from the Arctic circle across North America to Central America, central Asia, and northern Africa. At 8 to 12 pounds, these small animals may be the most widespread mammal, after humans! |
|
Pop quiz
Raising animals for meat, milk, and eggs has been a part of the global agricultural landscape for millennia for many reasons—from nutrition to cultural identity to people's livelihoods. Meat production is expected to increase by how much by 2050? |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Photos: Leatherback sea turtle © Fílmico Colombia/WWF-US; Jellyfish and plastic © naturepl.com/Alex Mustard/WWF; Community helping river dolphin © Jaime Rojo/WWF-US; Ring-tailed lemur © Wendy Klausner; Shrimp in a bucket © Antonio Busiello/WWF-US; Jaguar © Hugh M Smith; Can you tell image © Photoongraphy/Shutterstock.com; Cross fox © Warren Metcalf/Shutterstock; Fox ecard © Howard Buffet/WWF-US; Farmer feeding pigs © Luis Barreto/WWF-UK; African elephants © Marcus Westberg/WWF-US |
|
|
|
