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It’s been a tough year for nature, but there are reasons for hope. 💚

From Nepal’s landmark snow leopard survey to the first satellite-tagged hawksbill turtles in Fiji, this year gave us real wildlife wins to celebrate. 👏

Together, we can bring our world back to life. 🌍
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Gamma the tiger is alive! 🫶

Missing for months, then one photo changed everything...

After a 70 km trek from his birthplace in northern Thailand, WWF camera traps spotted Gamma in San Lang - proof that restored habitats & wildlife corridors are key to tigers' success. 🐅
Text title reads ‘Tiger missing for months refound by camera trap 70km away’. Black and white camera trap image captures a tiger walking across from right to left, its head lent down to the ground.
January 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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UK check-in: snow or no snow where you are?
January 6, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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Happy #InternationalUnsolicitedDuckPicDay 🦆

We're celebrating with this majestic eider from Iceland, gliding across a glacial lagoon. ✨
A black and white male eider duck glides from left to right across glacial water, cutting a line through its smooth surface.
January 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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Here’s to making a little more room for nature in 2026. 💚
Close-up of a red fox pup gazing upward in a green meadow with a nature-inspired quote by Mary Davis. Text reads: A walk in nature walks the soul back home.
January 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Striding into 2026 with hope for nature. 🧡

#HappyNewYear from everyone at WWF-UK!
A tiger sprinting across a snowy landscape.
January 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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When you start playing games with the family over the festive period.
Three albatrosses sit in green grass, two face each other with their beaks wide open in a kind of standoff. The third is slightly further away, sat in the middle and staring into the camera giving the expression it’s ‘fed up’ with the other two.
December 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Congratulations to Ellie Goulding for being recognised with an MBE for her services to biodiversity and climate. 👏

As a WWF ambassador, Ellie has been a powerful advocate for nature, using her platform to inspire action on the climate and nature crises. 🌍

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Ellie Goulding stands in front of trees (blurred) wearing a black and white t-shirt with the WWF panda logo.
December 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Tucking into yet another yule log like…
Close-up of a beaver chomping down on a snow-covered branch.
December 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Just some of the ways you helped bring our world back to life in 2025. 💚

More people than ever before are helping to protect and restore our one shared home.

We can’t do it without you! 🌍👏
Black rhino walking through grassy savannah with a distant tree line under a clear sky. Copy reads: ‘Your support helped increase Kenya's black rhino population and train 170 rhino monitors.’ Two walruses resting on a rocky shore with icy mountains and calm water in the background under a clear sky. Copy reads: ‘You gathered data to help protect walrus, from space! Vital knowledge to safeguard their future.’ A hawksbill turtle swimming underwater near Fiji. Copy reads: ‘You helped track and protect Figi’s turtles, hawksbill turtles were tagged in the country for the first time.’ A snow leopard walking on rocky terrain with mountains in the background under a clear blue sky. Copy reads: ‘ You supported Nepal’s first snow leopard count, the national population estimate stands at 397.'
December 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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POV you're a reindeer refuelling after the big day out.

[Alt text: Camera footage from the neck of a caribou shows its chin leaning to the ground and ripping grasses as it munches away. To the left are other caribou doing the same as they forage for food in the daylight.]
December 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Did someone say leftovers?
A siberian jay swooping down to land, its wings spread out wide and feet out long - ready to brace for the landing. The background is grey with snow on the ground.
December 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Wishing you a wild and wonderful holiday season! 🎄

Merry Christmas from everyone at WWF-UK.
Red squirrel leaping through falling snow with focused eyes and bushy tail raised behind it.
December 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Hungry chick mode activated - every time someone puts out the picky bits.
A bird's nest with three chicks, their yellow mouths held wide open. Their bodies blend in with the brown twigs of the nest.
December 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Can you tell your reindeer from your caribou❔

Both are the same species, but they're miles apart!

🦌In North America, wild herds are known as caribou, while ‘reindeer’ only refers to domesticated animals.

🦌 While in Northern Europe & Siberia, they’re all known as reindeer - wild or domesticated!
A reindeer peeking around the side of a mountain edge to look into the camera. It's perched on a mountain high up, in the background a glacier is visible. A group of six caribou walking away from the camera in a bright snowy landscape. Their coat is light in colour, mimicking the surroundings. The sky is pale blue and white. A group of fourteen reindeer stand in a line on a hilly ground, looking directly into the camera. Their antlers stand out boldly against the grey coloured sky behind them. Caribou running across the frame facing to the right. The focus on the caribou body adds to the blurred motion around it, its legs and surroundings are blurred.
December 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Scotland is steeped in myths and legends, from our wonderful wildlife to powerful plants. ✨️

In folklore, evergreens symbolised protection and luck during harsh winters. Fairies were said to shelter in holly leaves and people brought holly inside at Hogmanay for good luck. 🌿
A robin perched on the branch of a holly bush, full of shiny, prickly leaves and bright, red berries.
December 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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The longest night of the year means lighter days are just beyond the horizon.

A few extra minutes of daylight each day = more time to spend in nature. 💚

#WinterSolstice
Starling flock murmuration across a sunset sky. Mountains silhouette below, with the orange hues of the sun setting. Above in the dark blue of the sky the starlings create a wiggly shape are they move together across the sky.
December 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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As 2025 comes to a close, here are some of its biggest wildlife wins to bring positivity to your feed! 🫶
Two tigers in water with dried vegetation in the background. Text in white reads "Tiger numbers have doubled since 2018 in Achanakmar Tiger Reserve". Image of snow leopard in darkness, it's face lit up by the camera flash. Text in white reads "Nepal revealed 397 snow leopards in first ever national population estimate". Young blue whale under water surface, text in white reads "Global ocean life will gain better protection thanks to the High Seas Treaty". Green sea turtle with its eye partially closed in blue water. Text in white reads "Green sea turtles bounced back from Endangered to Least Concern".
December 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Emperor penguin chicks are on the move.🐧

In December, these tiny explorers have shed their fluffy down and start to step off the sea ice and into the ocean for the very first time. 🥹
December 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Give a gift that brings our world back to life. 💚

This Christmas, adopt an animal for a loved one and help us protect wildlife across the globe. 🌍
Adelie penguin standing on snow with wings slightly extended against a snowy, overcast background. Giant panda resting among green foliage with its back facing the camera in a natural forest setting. An adult tiger stands alert in tall grass at the edge of a forest, its orange coat and black stripes vivid against the green foliage behind it. Close-up of a sea turtle swimming just below the ocean surface with clear blue water and sky above.
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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To all our creators and fundraisers - THANK YOU!

This was our first year as a Jingle Jam charity partner and our fundraisers have smashed it! 👏
Panda sitting in shrubs, looking up. Text reads "Jingle Jam. Thank you for over £350,000 raised".
December 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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It’s been a tough year for nature, but there are reasons for hope. 💚

From Nepal’s landmark snow leopard survey to the first satellite-tagged hawksbill turtles in Fiji, this year gave us real wildlife wins to celebrate. 👏

Together, we can bring our world back to life. 🌍
December 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Paws amidst a flurry. 🧡

A winter wonderland scene capturing a European lynx walking among the snow at nighttime.

Wildlife photography by Laurent Geslin. 📸
A European lynx stood amongst a dark snowy scene. It stands in the centre of the frame and looks off to the left, covered in a slight dusting of snow. Snow speckles fall around the lynx, the foreground is covered in heavy snow and the background is black.
December 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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It's been 10 years since the Paris agreement, where world leaders agreed to limit the global temperature rise to under 2 degrees. 🌡️🌍

There's still a way to go, but global collaboration IS working.

We need to keep this momentum going.

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Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds
Analysis marking 10 years since Paris climate agreement underscores effectiveness of strong government policies
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December 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Behind each image is an amazing team helping to protect them.💚

Camera trap snapshots from our winter monitoring with partners in Northeast China Tiger & Leopard National Park.

This year WWF partners:
Carried out a total of 1,342 patrols
Covered the distance of 14,842km
AND removed 132 snares! 🙌
Colour camera trap image of three tigers standing together in the snow during the day. The middle tiger is walking away from the camera while the other two face towards it from the side. Black and white image of a tiger photographed by flash at night, it walks past the camera with its mouth open facing the right of the frame. Its movement captured in the image, making the focus blurred. Black and white camera trap image of an Amur leopard photographed at night with flash. It walks from the left to right among grasses, its face not fully visible as it faces to the right of the camera. Camera trap image of an Amur leopard walking close past the camera from right to left. It walks across a snow-covered floor in the daylight, its paw stretched out as it takes a step, its head faces to the top left.
December 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Even a cat this powerful needs protection from poachers. 💔

A century ago = around 100,000 tigers
15 years ago = as few as 3,200
Today = around 5,700

We're making progress, but tigers are still in trouble.

Gift a gift that lasts this Christmas. 🎁👇
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December 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM