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See what the buzz is about this month as we celebrate bees and sea otters, while urgently working to protect conservation funding and curb plastic pollution. Plus, learn how to weave nature into summer plans with your family!
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4,000 reasons to love bees
This week, we're celebrating Pollinator Week—honoring not only butterflies and the honey bee, but North America’s 4,000 species of native bees. See just how different bees can look and find out: Are bees just vegetarian wasps? |
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Tell Congress: Keep funding international conservation
The upcoming federal budget is being reviewed by your members of Congress right now. This year, programs to fund international conservation programs are facing their biggest threat yet.
Take two minutes to tell your senators: “I support continued funding for international conservation programs.” |
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Can you tell?
Do you know what this sea otter is surrounded by? Hint: it forms an underwater “forest” and can store a significant amount of carbon dioxide in the ocean. |
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Range and habitat
Giant pandas are found only in temperate mountainous forests in southwestern China |
Interesting info
These bears have a "pseudo thumb"—an elongated wrist bone that serves as a sixth digit, allowing pandas to grasp bamboo, their main food. They eat up to 84 pounds of bamboo each day. |
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A newborn giant panda weighs just a few ounces—about 1/900th the size of its mother. This is the rarest bear species. The most recent survey found about 1,864 pandas in the wild, which marked an increase in their population. WWF has helped conserve pandas for more than 50 years. |
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Pop quiz
What percentage of global greenhouse gas emissions comes from agriculture, forestry, and other land use? |
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WWF en Español |
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, X, Instagram y YouTube para más información. |
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Photos: Honey bees © Clay Bolt; Narwhal project team © Peter Ewins/WWF-Canada; Family in Fiji © WWF-US/Bex Young; Plastic bottles © Shutterstock.com/Maksim Safaniuk; Nature Breaking image © Shutterstock.com/jctabb and Shutterstock.com/Anana 19; Elephant © Danielle Carstens; Sea otter © naturepl.com/Pascal Kobeh/WWF; Giant panda in a tree © Brad Josephs; Two giant pandas © Susan A. Mainka/WWF; Combines harvesting © Alffoto; Tiger video © DNP & WWF-Thailand; Sea otter © WWF-US/Keith Arnold; Sandhill cranes © WWF-US/Diana Cervantes; Bees © Clay Bolt |
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