Bowhead whales survived thousands of years of climate change, but human hunting caused damage that still continues today.

Forest, fields, ponds, and oceans. Habitats of all kinds have attracted humans throughout history. We’ve worked to conserve ...

The UK’s tallest bird—the common crane (Grus grus), standing at around 1.2 meters—has returned after being extinct in Britain ...

Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich, who died March 15, 2026, in Palo Alto, California, was a scientific crusader ...

For decades, scientists have been carefully unraveling the role of genes in disease by examining how small variations in a person's genetic code can shape lifelong risk of developing common conditions ...

A new study analyzing more than 2,300 seawater samples from around the world has found that human-made chemicals — from ...

Inger Andersen, UNEP’s Executive Director, urges stronger science‑based multilateralism, solidarity and funding to safeguard the environment as the foundation of security.

Political leaders like United States President Donald Trump and business oligarchs like Elon Musk have increasingly suggested that human behaviour and social outcomes are rooted in genetics. Trump has ...

H&M Group, a long-term partner of WWF since 2011, has now reached an important milestone having set science-based targets for ...

Intestinal worms can help reduce inflammation in the human body—but only if they have enough dietary fiber. Without it, they switch into a hibernation-like state and their protective effect disappears ...

Five environmental activists in Cambodia will remain in prison, where they have been for more than 622 days, after the ...

A global analysis of more than 2,300 seawater samples from more than 20 field studies around the globe indicates that ...