One of the most noticeable characteristics of the red fox is its fluffy, white-tipped tail. Red foxes can be found throughout the continental United States from Alaska to Florida. They eat rodents and rabbits, but also consume birds, amphibians, and fruit.

Sveinsson of Estes Park, Colorado, calls this photo one of her favorites from the Grand Tetons. “It looks like a movie poster,” she says, making it worth some discomfort. 🥇 First Place | Mammals 📸 Deena Sveinsson 2025 NW Photo Contest Winners 📲: https://ow.ly/MSXV50Zlgpg

Kids CAN make a difference! 💯 Students in NYC help plant beachgrass to protect shorelines from extreme waves and weather. Over 100,000 beachgrass plants have been installed since 2022 through the Resilient Schools and Communities (RiSC) program. 📲https://ow.ly/yQWp50Zho2s

#Wisconsin, Barbie's home state 🩷 State animal: Badger 👁️ State tree: Sugar maple 🍁 Check out our Wisconsin affiliate at http://wiwf.org YOU have a NWF affiliate near you🔗 https://ow.ly/HEH050Wh6te#Wisconsin 👁️| Stephen Laymon 🍁| Joanna Gilkeson

Happy 250th Birthday, America! 🎇🦅🇺🇸 On this monumental day, let’s pledge to invest our time and energy into the places where we live. Learn how you can make a difference in conservation 📲: https://ow.ly/arJ450ZhbpI

The secret is out 🦅🐻🦎🦉🦋 Watch The Americas: A Wild 250th TONIGHT at 9/8c on NBC and next day on Peacock. 📺 Discover how you can make a difference with the National Wildlife Federation 📲: https://ow.ly/q4ZB50ZhjXW

Habitat Fit for a Queen Bumble Bee 👑🐝 Want to learn how one Wisconsin couple turned their yard into a haven for vulnerable queen bumblebees? 👀 Read the National Wildlife Magazine Spring 2026 Issue 📲 https://ow.ly/LrYp50ZhHj4

It's the final day of #NationalPollinatorMonth 🌼 Tarantula hawk wasps in your milkweed is a benefit to butterflies. Learn why these scary-looking insects are a wonder to have around the garden! 📲https://blog.nwf.org/2026/06/why-you-shouldnt-be-afraid-of-tarantula-hawk-wasps/#NationalPollinatorMonth #TarantulaHawkWasp

#Michigan, aka the Wolverine State 😁 State reptile: Painted turtle 🐢 State wildflower: Dwarf lake iris 🌺 YOU have a NWF affiliate near you🔗 https://ow.ly/HEH050Wh6te#Michigan 🐢| Dave Fitzpatrick 🌺| Joel Trick

This #PollinatorMonth, join us in applauding our recent Monarch Champions! 🦋🤝 The #MayorsMonarchPledge program designated 8 new U.S. cities as Monarch Champions to recognize the tremendous effort to enhance quality habitats for monarch butterflies. See the list on our Facebook.

Some pollinators, including many moths, bats, and even beetles, get to work when the sun goes down! One way you can help these nightshift workers is by turning off your outdoor light to reduce light pollution. 🌕💡 📷: Pandorus Sphinx Moth | McClarren and Reago

How can you garden for pollinators using evolutionary history? 👀 There’s a quiet conversation happening in our gardens, and it’s older than any one of us. Once you learn to read those signals, planting for specific pollinator groups becomes easy. ⏬ Learn more 📲: https://ow.ly/3aj850ZgpJ9

Spreading the Joy: Pollinator Gardens Feed Baltimore Ecosystem 🌼🐝💛 Pollinators are a boon to the entire ecosystem, benefiting the land, its inhabitants, and the planet as a whole. 🌏 Want to learn more? Read the NW Magazine Spring 2026 Issue 📲: https://ow.ly/vWxH50Zg0Yr

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2026 NWF and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom Grant Program! 🏆 Learn more about how they're protecting wildlife and their habitats on their campuses 📲: https://ow.ly/hIxB50ZfQqG

Hummingbirds like to visit flowers to eat sugary nectar, but did you know that they eat other things, too? 👀 Fun Fact: Some hummingbirds have even been seen drinking the sap from trees or sweet juices from fruit! 🌲 Discover more hummingbird fun facts 📲: https://ow.ly/mzkU50ZfkMG

It's #NationalPollinatorWeek 🐛🦋🐝🦇 Over 100,000 invertebrates—including bees, butterflies, beetles, moths, wasps, and flies—and more than 1,000 mammals, birds, reptiles, & amphibians take on the job of pollinating plants. 🌼 Read more 📲: https://ow.ly/sauv50Sifwz#NationalPollinatorWeek

#Ohio, the Buckeye State 🌰 State bird: Cardinal 🐦 State flower: Red carnation 🪷 Check out our Ohio affiliate at http://www.ohioconservationfederation.org YOU have a NWF affiliate near you🔗 https://ow.ly/HEH050Wh6te#Ohio 🐦| Michael Schramm 🪷| Rick Kimpel

This spring, NWF hosted a Tribal Advocacy Fly-In in D.C., bringing together Indigenous conservation leaders from across the country to share solutions and advocate for policies that protect wildlife, restore ecosystems, and strengthen Tribal stewardship. ✅ 📲 https://ow.ly/oFcq50ZcqfA

How a daughter’s school project became a group effort, with a backyard pond bringing biodiversity—and a family—together. As a result of the project, they went from seeing an occasional wandering toad to now having a fully functioning ecosystem 📲 https://ow.ly/2Fcr50ZaCrO

Did you know today is #GlobalWindDay 👀 It's the perfect time for our team at NWF to celebrate how offshore windmills are producing clean, reliable energy along all three coastlines of the U.S. 🌊 Take a moment today to celebrate the possibilities of wind! 🌬️

#Indiana, where the official state snack is popcorn 🍿 State insect: Say's firefly 🪰 State bird: Cardinal 🐦 Check out our Indiana affiliate at http://www.indianawildlife.org YOU have a NWF affiliate near you🔗 https://ow.ly/HEH050Wh6te#Indiana 🪰| Melissa McMasters 🐦| Karen Parker

We are excited to announce two new first-time #MonarchChampions! 🦋🏆Village President Jim Burket took the Mayor’s Monarch Pledge for the Village of Glen Ellyn in 2025 and Mayor Eric Clarkson first took the pledge for Chamblee, GA, in 2021. Thank you for stepping up for monarchs!

Did you know the ocean is home to more than 200,000 identified marine wildlife species? 👀 How well do you know the ocean? If your knowledge is deep, ride the wave and take our ocean quiz! 🌊 Take the quiz 📲: https://ow.ly/y6LM50Z6Mmo

Amid environmental rollbacks on overfishing, wind energy, deep-sea mining, Tribal collaboration, and more, National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments weather turbulent times. Read the National Wildlife Magazine Spring 2026 Issue 📲: https://ow.ly/Mm2O50Z8a7J

June 10th at 6pm ET, join a roundtable of community leaders and experts who will discuss how #EnvironmentalJustice communities work with nature to build community resilience in response to climate change and environmental hazards. 🌱🏘️🌳 RSVP📲 https://www.mobilize.us/nwf/event/955902/

It's #PollinatorMonth 🦋🐝🌼 You can celebrate by helping pollinators in your very own garden. From hummingbirds to bees, gardens of any size can support and attract pollinators! 🏡

Today is #WorldOceanDay 🌊 Oceans are home to more than 200,000 marine species. 🐢🐬🐋🦈 Did you know marine invertebrates produce more antibiotics, anti-cancer, and anti-inflammatory substances than any group of terrestrial organisms? 👀 Read more📲: https://ow.ly/weuM50Z7G1x

#Illinois, home of the nation's first skyscraper 🏢 State bird: Northern cardinal 🐦 State insect: Monarch butterfly 🦋 Check out our Illinois affiliate at http://www.prairierivers.org YOU have a NWF affiliate near you🔗 https://ow.ly/HEH050Wh6te#Illinois 🐦| NPS/N. Lewis 🦋| Sally stone

It's #PollinatorMonth! 🦋🌼In the past year, 553 acres of monarch habitat have been created or restored by the 275 mayors and heads of local government who are stepping up in the #MayorsMonarchPledge to benefit both people and wildlife. Learn more 📲 https://ow.ly/JFuU50Z87ya

June is #NationalPollinatorMonth 🐝💐 We asked you to share your gardens with us, and you didn’t disappoint! Check out these stories and photos from wildlife gardeners across the country. 📲 https://ow.ly/zp9850Z6LAI#NationalPollinatorMonth #NativeGardens #GardenForWildlife

Is Captive Rearing Hurting Monarchs? 👀 Experts say captive rearing—or raising monarchs indoors—poses risks to the butterflies, from disease to decreased fitness. Want to learn more? Read the National Wildlife Magazine Spring 2026 Issue 📲: https://ow.ly/ulI250Z6mpZ

Perhaps a salad? Perhaps not! 🐣🪱 Marti Phillips mentioned, "I was on a walk in a local Tucson park when I saw two verdins feeding their chicks." 🏆 Grand Prize Runner Up 📸 Marti Phillips See the 2025 Garden for Wildlife Photo Contest Winners 📲: https://ow.ly/Lpux50YZ3EN

When residents near Pittsburgh began experiencing sudden and unexplained chronic illness, it wasn’t difficult to connect them to pollution from the Shenango Coke Works plant nearby.🏭 The community stood up against pollution, and won. Read more: 📲 https://ow.ly/43jy50Z5n8i

#WestVirginia's New River is one of the oldest in the world 🌊 State animal: Black bear 🐻 State tree: Sugar maple 🍁 Check out our West Virginia affiliate at http://wvrivers.org YOU have a NWF affiliate near you🔗 https://ow.ly/HEH050Wh6te#WestVirginia 🐻| Robert Mullen 🍁| Joanna Gilkeson

Wildlife gardens don't have to look messy. 🏡 Did you know that habitat gardens can easily mimic the style of traditional gardens? 👀 Learn how to make your wildlife garden look intentional in our new resource 📲: https://ow.ly/8Ari50Z2PU6

#DataCenter water demand is growing in regions already under stress. Much of the Western U.S. continues to face drought and groundwater depletion, while they also attract new development due to land, energy access, and economic incentives. Read more 📲 https://ow.ly/w6vv50Z2PmX

🌿🐾To kick off May, our partners at the Greater Denton County (TX) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, partnered with Blazing Trails International and NSBE Jr. to host “#WildSTEM Careers: The Power of Five” with 50 students at New Beginnings Church in Lewisville.

It's #WorldOtterDay, so we'll save the jokes for anotter time.. 🦦 North American river otters eat a variety of aquatic wildlife. They can stay underwater for up to eight minutes and even close their nostrils to keep water out during long dives when searching for food.

#DataCenters are driving energy demand. One AI data center consumes as much electricity as 100,000 homes. This pressure pushes utility companies to rely more on expensive, fossil-fuel based energy with customers & wildlife paying the cost.📲 https://ow.ly/sjXP50Z2sXC

#Virginia is for (wildlife) lovers 💖 State bird: Cardinal 🐦 State insect: Tiger swallowtail butterfly 🦋 Check out our Virginia affiliate at http://vcnva.org Virginia Conservation Alliance YOU have a NWF affiliate near you🔗 https://ow.ly/HEH050Wh6te#Virginia 🐦&🦋| USFWS

Is your garden wildlife-friendly? 🐞🦋🐣 This month, you can even get it certified and bundle a sign for 20% off. 🚨 Take the quiz to learn more 📲: https://ow.ly/kWLJ50Z2OeK 📷: Hummingbird Nest | Nita Bryant-Azmar 📷: Bee | Renee Cook 📷: Frog | Mindi Vervaecke

Are there pockets of wilderness, deep or remote enough, to provide habitat for creatures not yet discovered? 👀 "Articles have appeared in local newspapers over the years. Is the truth indeed out there?" Read the blog to learn more 📲: https://ow.ly/9zAT50Z0cj3

Announcing the 2025 Garden for Wildlife Photo Contest Grand Prize Winner 📸 Nicole Land, who captured this photo, said, “While visiting a wetland nearby, I found a yellow garden spider perfectly positioned on its web between leaves." 🕷️🕸️ See more 📲: https://ow.ly/Lpux50YZ3EN

Coming to you from the Denver Zoo! 🐾 NWF recently met with the Colorado Parks and Wildlife at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance to discuss Colorado’s updated wildlife action plan. Every state develops their own action plan to guide conservation efforts for at-risk species. 🚨

#Tennessee has the most caves of any state 👀 State animal: Raccoon 🦝 State tree: Tulip poplar 🌳 Check out our Tennessee affiliate at http://tnwf.org YOU have a NWF affiliate near you🔗 https://ow.ly/HEH050Wh6te#Tennessee 🦝| Priscilla Morris 🌳| Janet Guynn

Did you know that roughly 200 public gardens have become Certified Wildlife Habitats? 👀 To celebrate #GoPublicGardensDays, we’re featuring a few of these public gardens. ⏬ Learn more 📲: https://ow.ly/qYeO50YZK47#GoPublicGardensDays

NWF and LG Electronics are excited to announce the winners of the endangered species giveaway! 🚨 Students and teachers across the U.S. pledged to learn about vulnerable and endangered species where they live. 🐢🦇🐝 Learn more 📲: https://ow.ly/ahsz50YZJit

Did you know #EndangeredSpeciesDay is tomorrow!? 👀 Learn about vulnerable species in your region and across the country, and get ready to color by downloading NWF’s endangered species coloring book. 📚 Check out our blog to learn more 📲: https://ow.ly/O5aZ50YZ8c2

Public lands just lost critical protections 🌄 The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced it is repealing the Public Lands Rule, which promoted conservation on their lands. Read the blog to learn more 📲: https://ow.ly/cCXw50YZ9mL

#Pennsylvania, home of THE Punxsutawney Phil 🤩 State animal: White-tailed deer 🦌 State insect: Firefly 🪰 Check out our Pennsylvania affiliate at http://www.pennfuture.org YOU have a NWF affiliate near you🔗 https://ow.ly/HEH050Wh6te#Pennsylvania 🦌| Debra Milne 🪰| Haoxiang Yang