Punxsutawney Phil might think we have 6 more weeks of winter, but the geese, daffodils, and mosquitoes have a different idea. Across the continental United States, people are noticing that … Read more
Wildlife Facts
Wolves to be Poisoned Over Tar Sands in Canada
Late last week, internal documents went public showing Canada is fretting over its sullied reputation for unfettered fossil fuel development, while resorting to poisoning wolves rather than fixing the problem. NWF released a paper … Read more
NWF Celebrates 76 Years of Protecting America’s Wildlife
Did you know today is the National Wildlife Federation’s 76th birthday? Here at NWF’s National Advocacy Center in Washington, DC, we’re celebrating with this cake courtesy of Elizabeth Wallace, our … Read more
Healing Our Waters Program moves Great Lakes Restoration Forward
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) has been a critical boost to restoring the Great Lakes. It has already led to significant results – restoring wetland habitats and removing contaminated … Read more
Bobcats, Armadillos, Coatimundis and Kathie Lee
What do a bobcat, a nine-banded armadillo, a veiled chameleon, a wallaby and a white-nosed coatimundi have in common? Three of them happen to be wildlife that could show up … Read more
Finally, a Squirrel Gets Its Own Baseball Card. Plus: Top 7 Rodents in Baseball History
The new 2012 Topps Series 1 baseball card set features a single highlight from the St. Louis Cardinals’ incredible run to the World Series. It’s the only thing about the … Read more
Mid-Week Refresh: Kristen Bell’s Sloth Meltdown
Ranger Rick magazine just published an adorable — and informative — article about the Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica. It was published at a time when sloths are enjoying quite … Read more
Here Be Dragons, Hopefully: Sydney Joins Effort to Save Komodo Dragons in 2012
We’ve gone a full week without Komodo dragon news on Wildlife Promise (see Megan Blevins’s timely ‘Year of the Dragon’ post here). That’s as intolerable as eating less than 80% … Read more
GUEST POST: The Snowshoe Hare is Pennsylvania’s Polar Bear
Ed Zygmunt was named the National Wildlife Federation’s 2007 Affiliate Volunteer of the Year for his advocacy on climate change and other critical environmental issues affecting America’s sportsmen and women. … Read more
