The Latest Breaking News from WWF

This reflection on key moments reveals 2022 as a year of environmental highs and lows, many of which will continue to resonate in the year ahead

The project is being launched to find out how walruses are affected by the consequences of climate change.

The idea that nature — forests , rivers, mountains — could have rights, in the same way that human rights, or corporate rights exist has been building momentum.

Cambodian premier Hun Sen on Monday ordered the creation of conservation zones on the Mekong river to protect critically endangered dolphins, after three were killed by fishing nets and lines last month. The Irrawaddy dolphins, known for their bulging foreheads and short beaks, once swam through much of the mighty…

Many large mammals in Europe were close to extinction 50 years ago. But conservation efforts there appear to be helping -- several of the continent’s mammal populations are flourishing again.

Conservationists in Cambodia are alarmed at the deaths of three endangered freshwater Irrawaddy dolphins, whose population has seriously declined in recent years

Standing on the bank of the Mekong River, Tran Van Cung can see his rice farm wash away before his very eyes. The paddy's edge is crumbling into the delta.

Organisations from Tesco to WWF are urging the government to provide detail to farmers and land managers regarding the new government scheme, which will replace the EU regime for agriculture

World Wildlife Fund urges more ambitious targets after developing nations stage COP15 walkout over funding plans.

Environmental groups are concerned Australia’s overhaul of environmental reforms could unearth a new and unwelcome age of climate denialism.

After the COP27 climate conference, representatives from around the world gathered in Montreal this week for the COP15 meeting dedicated to biodiversity. Scientists say leaders face a crucial challenge: agreeing on a common way forward to safeguard biodiversity by 2030 in order to preserve plant and animal life and help…