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January 2025
Counting red pandas
Using DNA analysis, Bhutan recently conducted its first red panda population survey. The red panda is an endangered species threatened by forest destruction, resulting in the loss of critical bamboo food sources and trees for nesting.
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Stop wildlife crime
Poaching for trade is one of the leading threats to many of our world's most iconic species. Pledge to not buy elephant ivory, rhino horn, and other illegal wildlife products and do your part to help stop wildlife crime.
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How coastal communities and WWF advanced conservation in 2024
Video: Countering wildlife trafficking through automated detection
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2024 conservation wins: Bison, tigers, and more
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Can you tell?
More than 200 species were recently discovered in the Greater Mekong region, including this mammal. Can you tell what kind of animal it is? (Hint: Its close cousins are known for their sharp, spiny hairs.)
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Wildlife spotlight
Verreaux's sifaka
Habitat and range
Tropical dry lowland and montane forest in southern and western Madagascar
Interesting info
Verreaux’s sifakas leap with ease from tree to tree in the canopy of Madagascar’s spiny forest. But when they cross open ground, they use a peculiar-looking technique: They hop laterally on their hind legs while holding their arms high—earning them the nickname “dancing lemurs.”
Critically endangered Verreaux’s sifakas are one of 107 lemur species found nowhere else but on the island of Madagascar. These herbivores feed primarily on leaves, bark, flowers, and fruit, when available. Their forest home is threatened by deforestation from slash-and-burn agriculture and charcoal production.
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Pop quiz
Oysters help the planet in many ways, from sequestering carbon in their shells to filtering water. How many gallons of water does one oyster filter in a day?
About 30
Up to 50
At least 75
More than 90
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Lo más destacado de la conservación en 2024
Descubren 234 nuevas especies en el Gran Mekong
Restaurando el caudal del río Grande (río Bravo)
Bután comparte los resultados de su primer censo de población de pandas rojos
Photos: Red panda © Staffan Widstrand/Wild Wonders of China/WWF; Confiscated elephant ivory © WWF/James Morgan; Man on boat © Roger Hooper/WWF; X-ray detection video © WWF-US; Nature Breaking image © Shutterstock.com/jctabb and © WWF-Sweden/Ola Jennerston; Giraffe video © Thuto Moutloatse; Small furry mammal © Alexei V. Abramov; Verreaux’s sifaka © naturepl.com/Edwin Giesbers/WWF; Lemur ecard © naturepl.com/Edwin Geisbers/WWF; Pedro Alfonso Lopez Gonzalez, president of a fishing and oyster farming cooperative in Mexico, holding oysters © Jason Houston/WWF-US; Sunrise over forest in Brazil © Adriano Gambarini/WWF-Brazil; Green snake © H.T. Lalremsanga; River illustration © WWF-US/Joel Kimmel; Red panda © DoFPS
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