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Color guard 🌈🛡 A fanthroated lizard patrols its territory at a wind farm in India. Researchers have hypothesized that the windmills are scaring off the lizard’s natural predators, and in response the animal’s coloring has become more vivid. 📸: Sandesh Kadur / TNC Photo Contest 2022

Happy Manatee Appreciation Day to all who celebrate! 🫶 Manatees were removed from the Endangered Species List in 2017, but now they’re listed as “threatened.” While conservation efforts like this Florida feeding program have helped hungry manatees, we need to go a step further and tackle the bigger environmental problems that put them at risk.

#StopWillow. Take action: sc.org/StopWillow (link in bio)

Date labels aren’t federally regulated (except on baby formula). That means they’re usually *made up* by manufacturers as a best estimate of when a product is the freshest—not when it’s spoiled or unsafe to eat. So, don’t worry about the canned beans at the back of your pantry that’s past their “expiration” date. Depending on …

In India, leopards are living around people. That could save the species, writes Vidya Athreya of wcsindia for Scientific American. They shouldn't be here, her training shouted when she first discovered the big cats living near villages. "But there they were, leaping over the metaphysical walls scholars had constructed between nature and humankind as nonchalantly as they …

Throughout history, women have risen up against polluting corporations, fought to ensure all communities have access to clean air and water, and led movements advocating for action on the climate crisis. #womenshistorymonth "Demonstration in San Francisco following the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill," 1969. Photo courtesy of Susan Landor Keegin.

☁️We’re running on cloud nine ☁️ Join us? So far, more than 238,000 people have run over 6.8 million kilometers (!) in on_running’s Make Waves strava challenge, which means 68 MILLION liters of clean water have already been unlocked! Incredible. There’s still time to run toward the goal of unlocking all 100 million liters by April …

Take action ➡️ sc.org/stopHR1 House Republicans have announced HR1, their top priority bill designed to do the fossil fuel industry's bidding. This dirty package would exacerbate the climate crisis, perpetuate environmental injustices, rollback our bedrock environmental laws, and undermine national security by prolonging our reliance on risky and volatile fossil fuels. 💫 Together we can stop the …

Freshwater ecosystems contain an incredible 10% of the world’s known species and support the livelihoods of billions of people including many Indigenous Peoples and local communities. So, what’s being done to protect this valuable resource? Find out. https://nature.ly/40mkIgr

This bill would create giveaways to big oil and silence vulnerable communities all while locking in decades of dependence on fossil fuels. It’s not just a step backwards, it’s a leap. The House must vote it down.

Gender-based discrimination holds women back and holds the world back from addressing climate change and biodiversity loss. Learn more about the sobering truth from Robyn James, Asia-Pacific director of gender and equity at The Nature Conservancy.

"We work with people to find solutions to problems affecting both species and those people that live in the same territories," Germán Forero-Medina of WCS Colombia tells the People Behind the Science podcast. One of those is the giant South American river turtle. Listen: apple.co/42TY6pu

Date labels aren’t federally regulated except on baby formula. That means they’re often made up by manufacturers as a best estimate of when a product is the freshest—not when it’s unsafe to eat. Here are some tips on how to decipher food date labels and help fight food waste 👇

🤝Local teams. Lasting impact. 🤝 We believe the best way to create sustainable change is to invest in local organizations. And with years of water, sanitation, and hygiene experience, there’s no one better for the job than our local partners. Their nuanced knowledge of each location and tireless dedication to local communities has resulted in millions …

Water is at the heart of both the climate and biodiversity crises. So, one way or another, water flows through everything we do at TNC. What's being done to conserve our global freshwater systems? Find out. nature.ly/3zdK2Jy #WaterAction pic.twitter.com/98FK2ahb3X

Did you know there are different types of forests? They include tropical, subtropical, boreal, and temperate. Forests cover more than one-third of the world’s land surface and help filter pollutants from the air and water: wwf.to/3ZL6VQn. pic.twitter.com/qg5oa7MirA

From the @UN headquarters to the @EmpireStateBldg, landmarks in NYC celebrated #EarthHour. twitter.com/antonioguterre…

Ongoing loss of nature threatens stability, food security, economies, development, health, and more. Proposed US Foundation for International Conservation Act would help address these crises by supporting projects in most vulnerable parts of the world. pic.twitter.com/bgjPXHclKk

Understanding the impacts of climate change can help us prepare for what’s already happening, what’s avoidable, and what’s yet to come. nrdc.org/stories/what-a…

This bill would create giveaways to big oil and silence vulnerable communities all while locking in decades of dependence on fossil fuels. It’s not just a step backwards, it’s a leap. The House must vote it down. axios.com/2023/03/27/bid…

🤝Local teams. Lasting impact. 🤝 We believe the best way to create sustainable change is to invest in local organizations. And with years of water, sanitation, and hygiene experience, there’s no one better for the job than our local partners. pic.twitter.com/WqU0yaync8