On September 9th, NWF's #EnvironmentalJustice program hosted a roundtable to discuss how panelists have addressed, prepared for, and remained resilient in the face of intensifying #climatedisasters. 📲 https://blog.nwf.org/2025/11/event-recap-climate-disasters-stories-of-resilience-and-preparedness/#EnvironmentalJustice

The Sustainable Furnishings Council & NWF released the 2025 Wood Furniture Scorecard today! 🌳🪑 To view the full list of top and high scorers, along with detailed information on their wood sourcing policies, visit blog.nwf.org/2024/11/furn...

In many bat species, thousands to hundreds of thousands of individuals emerge from daytime roosts simultaneously each night, creating what scientists have dubbed a “cocktail party nightmare” of clashing echolocation calls. Read the NW Magazine Fall 2025 Issue 📲: https://ow.ly/YEaf50XmN3c

NWF staff showed up in force for #NewYorkClimateWeek 2025: we hosted or co-hosted six events, exploring everything from #climate education strategies to fighting #deforestation to renewable energy infrastructure. 💯 Get the behind-the-scenes scoop of NWF at NYCW 📲 https://ow.ly/qWxG50XhJz1

It’s #ElectionDay! 🗳️🦅🙋 Local and state elected officials regularly make decisions that impact you, your #vote helps decide who those officials are. Find out if your community has elections today and how you can prepare before heading to the polls at www.nwf.org/vote#ElectionDay

Owl bat, you didn't see this coming 🦉🦇 It's #BatWeek, so we're highlighting a close encounter between a fruit bat and a brown fish owl captured by photographer Anjani Singamaneni in this 2022 photo contest entry 📲: https://ow.ly/BEbs50TQ96Y#BatWeek 📸: Anjani Singamaneni

Have you ever wondered why bats are so popular during the Halloween season? 🎃🦇 Read more about bat myths, and color outside the bat cave with our coloring book 📲: https://ow.ly/t4Vf50XjgYq

Happy (almost) Halloween! 🎃 To celebrate Spooky Season, we've created four amazing wildlife stencils for you to download and use to carve your pumpkins! Which pumpkin stencil will you choose: pika, fox, cardinal, or raccoon? 👀 Get your pumpkin stencils today 📲: https://ow.ly/1ykG50Xizuq

Did you know light pollution harms migratory birds? 🏙️💡 If it’s hard to imagine that this incredible phenomenon could largely escape notice, it’s because the majority of migratory birds in North America make their journeys at night while we’re sound asleep. Read the blog 📲 https://ow.ly/Qm0G50XfOw5

Today marks 34 years since the 1st National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. to discuss environmental justice issues and how to work together to find solutions. https://blog.nwf.org/2025/03/community-spotlight-a-conversation-with-ej-leader-vernice-miller-travis/

Calling all the fossil hunters... #Wyoming (WY) ⏬ State insect: Sheridan's green hairstreak butterfly 🦋 State flower: Indian paintbrush 🌺 Park Pick: Devil's Tower National Monument 🏔️ Wyoming Wildlife Federation affiliate📲http://www.wyomingwildlife.org/#Wyoming 📷🦋 | Robb Hanawacker 📷🌺 | NPS

Join NWF tomorrow in Washington, DC to speak out for conservation science! 🦅🙋 We will hear from leaders in the conservation movement, scientists, and more about the impact of recent cuts and why everyone should be speaking out. RSVP📲 https://www.mobilize.us/dashboard/nwf/event/857969/

🦋 Monarch Heroes is 10 years old! 🦋 Monarch Heroes is an NWF education school-based program creating pollinator habitat to support the monarch butterfly population’s recovery. Want to learn more? Read the blog 📲: https://ow.ly/ctyR50Xf72l

Today marks the 53rd anniversary of the #CleanWaterAct, which protects our waters from pollution and more. Did you know one single acre of wetland can store 1 to 1.5 million gallons of floodwaters? English: https://ow.ly/rtEs50TLWF6 Español: https://ow.ly/ISq450XcHRN

"What kind of a sick school is this?" 🌊🎸🥁🎤 The famous movie School of Rock taught us about each individual’s importance in making the band complete. What better way to celebrate than by learning the role each species would fill in an under-the-sea rock band? Learn more 📲: https://ow.ly/ioGE50XbjB1

🦇 October is Bat Appreciation Month 🦇 Did you know there are over 1,400 bat species worldwide, with 47 of them found in the U.S. and Canada? These remarkable fliers not only consume vast numbers of mosquitoes but also pollinate night-blooming flowers. Take the bat quiz 📲: https://ow.ly/3btU50XbitT

Pack your bags, we're going on a leaf layer safari 🍂🔍 At first, a pile of fallen leaves might look like nothing more than yard debris. But hidden in that layer are secret survival shelters: the cocoons of North America’s moths! Test your moth-spotting abilities 📲: https://ow.ly/2nRT50X80fc

So, who’s in those yard waste bags? 👀 🐛 Moths 🦋 Butterflies 💡 Fireflies 🦎 Salamanders 🐝 Native Bees A new study shows that when you dispose of your leaves, you’re also throwing away about 45% of your spring butterfly and moth populations. 📉 Learn more 📲: https://ow.ly/w6bu50X7Yc3

In 2024, NWF launched new tools, trained affiliates, and partnered with communities to ensure every voice counts. NWF’s Civic Engagement Report highlights the collective impact of 2024—and why this work matters in 2025 and every year.📲 blog.nwf.org/2025/10/high...

GSU Perimeter College is building nesting boxes for the brown-headed nuthatch with support from NWF and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom grant program. Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom 📲: https://ow.ly/JFv650X6pwt 2025 Wild Kingdom grant projects 📲: https://ow.ly/ftmo50X6pwu

Let's go to the Balloon Fiesta in #NewMexico (NM) ⏬ State insect: Tarantula hawk wasp 🪰 State flower: Yucca 🌼 Park pick: Capulin Volcano Nat'l Monument 🏜️ Check out our New Mexico Wildlife Federation affiliate at📲http://www.nmwildlife.org/#NewMexico 📷Damselfly | Renee Grayson 📷Capulin | NPS

Butterfly gardens support monarchs & serve as a tool for community education. 🦋 Check out this article to learn more about how the Decorah Butterfly Garden is making a difference for monarchs & supporting the community’s #MayorsMonarchPledge efforts: 📲https://ow.ly/cEL150WYQjX#MayorsMonarchPledge

What animal is this? 👀 Hint: It's a moth...

IT'S FALL YALL 🍂🐛🐢🐸🦎🦋🍂 Which means (drum roll, please 🥁)... It's Leave the Leaves Month! 🍁🐛 During October, we will be highlighting various species that rely on leaf layers. From leaf layer safaris to yard waste statistics, we'll be incorporating quizzes, polls, and much more. 🚨

“We are at a really special time of year right now because we are entering the fall migration of the monarch butterfly,” said Maria Fowler, climate resilient habitat director with the National Wildlife Federation. Want to learn more? Read the article 📲: https://ow.ly/1pf150X3PA3

Did you know the House is poised to pass a bill putting our drinking water and wildlife at risk of even more pesticides and toxic discharges? 🚨 Tell your representative to vote NO on the PERMIT Act! 🚨

Dall sheep, native to alpine pockets of northwestern North America, from Canada’s British Columbia, have evolved to stave off a host of predators. Now, face a different threat: a rapidly changing climate. 🥇 Portfolio 📸 Sonny Parker 2024 National Wildlife Photo Contest Winners 📲: ow.ly/k1FK50UAyEr

Feeling hot today? You and 150 million others! 🔥 #ClimateChange is making dangerous #heatwaves like this one more common and more severe -- putting wildlife and people at risk. Learn how communities are adapting to rising temperatures to stay safe:📲 ow.ly/uoi950Wg3qh

#ExtremeHeat claims over 2,000 lives every year, and is getting worse. It is especially dangerous to anyone who works outdoors or in buildings without air conditioning. Read on to learn how communities are working to combat the rise of extreme heat: 📲 blog.nwf.org/2025/06/the-...

Want to boost your backyard butterflies? 👀 Scientists have found that letting a portion of lawn go wild can increase the number of butterflies in residential yards. 🦋📈 Want to learn more? Read the National Wildlife Magazine Spring 2025 Issue 📲: ow.ly/mzF850W6vqp

2024 was the hottest year on record, and #climatechange has been making heat waves more intense and more frequent. 🔥🥵 With high temperatures already reaching states around the country, find out how communities are responding at our #extremeheat map📲 nwf.org/ExtremeHeat

A huge THANK YOU to our partners, speakers, and the over 2,000 attendees of our virtual rally to save the U.S. Geological Survey Ecosystems Mission Area! Join the movement and make a call to your representatives for native bees, birds, & other wildlife. 📲 support.nwf.org/page/83400/c...

Extra, extra read owl about it 🦉🐣 When young owls hatch, they are covered with downy feathers, and their eyes are closed. They hatch asynchronously, meaning the eggs are laid over a few days, and the chicks hatch at different times. Read our blog 📲: natwild.life/SpringBabyFe...

If not friend, why friend shaped? 🦝💕 Baby raccoons are born blind, deaf, and completely dependent on their mothers for survival. As they grow it takes 4 to 6 weeks for them to develop their beloved mask. Want to learn more? Read our blog 📲: natwild.life/SpringBabyFe...

Did you know baby Canada geese hatch with their eyes open? 👀🐣 Goslings are precocial, meaning they can walk, swim, and even dive shortly after hatching. Then, in under 60 days, goslings grow adult feathers and learn to fly. ✈️ Read our blog 📲: natwild.life/SpringBabyFe...

What does the (baby) fox say? 🦊 In the spring, female red foxes give birth to up to a dozen or more babies in an underground den. The young nurse for around two months and both parents help care for the babies. Want to learn more? Read our blog 📲: lnkd.in/eA5Zrdqr

Stride On ☀️🌊 Lucas found common water striders that “rarely stopped moving for any significant length of time,” he says, catching “the happy benefit of a sunburst." 🥇 Other Wildlife | 📷 Joe Lucas 2024 National Wildlife Photo Contest Winners 📲: ow.ly/k1FK50UAyEr

Did you know there are over 1,300 endangered or threatened species in the U.S.? From sea otters to loggerhead sea turtles to giant redwoods. 🐢🌲🦦 Endangered Species Day is Friday, May 16th – Learn more📲: ow.ly/xhaX50VReVh Shared in partnership with LG USA to raise awareness for endangered species.

Is your garden or balcony wildlife-friendly? 🐦🐸🦋 Wildlife like birds, frogs, and butterflies can thrive in your garden when you provide their habitat essentials. 💐 Take the quiz to learn more 📲: ow.ly/xE4J50VN9jX 📷: Hummingbird | Saija Lehtonen 📷: Frog | Crystal Shoults 📷: Butterfly | Sue Meyers

This is your reminder that Mother's Day is four days away 💕 Female mountain lions usually give birth every two years, with a litter that can range in size from one to six cubs. 🐱 📸: Keri Fisher | 🥉: Baby Animals 2024 NWPC Honorable Mentions 📲: ow.ly/3URp50VNWW9

A moment of magic 🦗💡 Schreiber states: “It is amazing how such a small insect can create so much light. A firefly illuminated white wood anemone wildflowers with its brilliant yellow lantern in my garden." 🥇Grand Prize Winner 2024 GFW Photo Contest Winners 📲: www.nwf.org/Magazines/Na...

Fort Valley State University’s (FVSU) newest club, FireCats, seeks to usher in the next generation of land stewards by uniting students with an interest in the natural world and educating them on forestry, fire ecology, and careers in conservation. 📲: ow.ly/8HIF50VLx42 📸: Bryan Hallman

The birds eat the insects, but what do the insects eat? Native plants! 🌱 Celebrate the last day of #NativePlantMonth with the latest Wild Birds Unlimited podcast! Dig into native plant trends, the importance of keystone plants, and how to garden to benefit birds! 🐦 Listen now 📲: ow.ly/nCQc50VHehb

What do you call these, man o' war or bluebottles? Romer walks the beach near her Florida home every day, when conditions are right—and when Portuguese man o’ war, like the one she snapped in March '23, aren’t washing up. 🥈 Mobile | 📷 Nancy Romer 2024 NW Photo Contest Winners 📲: ow.ly/k1FK50UAyEr

The Quiet Wonder of Vernal Pools 🦎 Sheltering abundant life - Cone Pond in Virginia's George Washington National Forest can be up to 10 feet deep in spring, but it dries up completely during the summer. Want to learn more? Read the National Wildlife Magazine Spring 2025 Issue 📲: ow.ly/MXBl50VHgZ8

Celebrate #EarthDay with HUGE Savings! 🌍 Enjoy 20% OFF ALL native plants! That's right, it's our biggest sale of the year. 💐 Grow your garden with pollinator-safe native plants, delivered to your door. Don't miss out on this limited-time Earth Day event! ⏰ Shop Now & Save 📲: ow.ly/910m50VFxjL

Reflecting on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill’s Legacy in the Gulf 🔥🌊 On April 20th, it will have been 15 years since one of the largest disasters in Gulf Coast history: the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Read our first blog highlighting five key takeaways on Gulf species 📲: ow.ly/coyB50VB4Wh

Cold plunge anyone? 🧊🐧 When Foerster of Sunnyside, New York, saw a colony of king penguins about to pass him on a Falkland Islands beach in December 2023, he reached for his cell phone. 🥇 Mobile | 📷 Steffen Foerster 2024 National Wildlife Photo Contest Winners 📲: ow.ly/k1FK50UAyEr

In recent years, federal funding for #cleanenergy projects has been revitalizing American manufacturing, cleaning up pollution, and expanding renewable energy. But much of the funding for these projects has been paused, frozen, or cancelled. Learn more📲 blog.nwf.org/2025/04/the-...

April is #NativePlantMonth 🌻🌷🌼 It’s #NationalGardeningDay, so it's the perfect time to take our new native plant personality quiz! Enjoy a bit of playful anthropomorphism with us as you discover whether you’re more like a pine tree or a milkweed. 🌱 Take the quiz 📲: blog.nwf.org/2025/03/whic...