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We love sharing good nature news with you, and this month we hope you'll enjoy some feel-good stories about monarch butterflies and tigers and see how we're working with women in Kenya to improve conservation outcomes. Your support makes our work possible!
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What will you do for nature?
From now through Earth Month in April, you can Give an Hour for Earth! Join our global movement and help us log 125,000 hours of collective action to protect our planet. |
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Do you know?
This is a mixture of fermenting locally gathered corn, bananas, and horse manure. It’s one of many Indigenous efforts to restore Guatemala’s old-growth forest. Can you guess how it will be used? |
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Range
American black bears are the most common and widespread bears in North America, inhabiting a variety of habitats, from coniferous and deciduous forests to beaches to alpine areas. |
Interesting info
Despite their name, these bears can vary a lot in their coloring. Most are black, but they can also be cinnamon, brown, blond, bluish gray, and even white. |
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Capable tree climbers, black bears are omnivores and will eat almost anything. Their diet varies by location and season. In Alaska, for example, they eat salmon in fall. In the Great Smoky Mountains, they mainly eat berries and nuts. They also prey on deer, graze on grasses, eat insects, bird eggs, and much more. |
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Pop quiz
After heavy rainstorms, thousands of gliding tree frogs come down to the ground from rain forest treetops. Why? |
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En WWF ofrecemos una gran cantidad de contenido en español como parte de nuestros esfuerzos por llegar a la comunidad Latina e Hispana de Estados Unidos. Visita nuestro sitio web o síguenos en Facebook, Instagram, X y YouTube para más información. |
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Photos: Monarch butterflies © WWF-US/McDonald Mirabile; Planting © Dragos Condrea/Getty Images/iStockphoto; Women in Kenya © WWF-US/Jerry Mushala; Tiger © Central Asia and Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Nature Breaking image © Shutterstock.com/jctabb and © WWF-US/McDonald Mirabile; Lemur video © Richard de Gouveia; Mixture in a blue pot © EcoLogic Development Fund; American black bear cub © naturepl.com/George Sanker/WWF; Black bear ecard © WWF-US/Justin Mott; Gliding tree frogs © Brandon A. Güell; Monarch butterflies © WWF-US/McDonald Mirabile; Bee on flower © Sarah Pietrkiewicz; Lucia Ruiz photo courtesy Lucia Ruiz; Humpback whale © Bruce D. Taubert |
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