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🦷 OPEN WIDE 🦷 It's #NationalDentistDay, so we're sharing a few (wild) check-ups. 📸: Bobcat kitten | Santa Monica/NPS 📸: Mountain lion | Santa Monica/NPS 📸: Sea Lamprey | Maria Koenig/USFWS 📸: Wolf | Jacob W. Frank/NPS #wildlife #nature #teeth #dentist

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“Equitable and fair access to the ballot box is the foundation of a healthy democracy and vital to our work on behalf of wildlife and people,” said Mustafa Santiago Ali of NWF. 🙋🗳️ We urge Congress to pass the #JohnLewis Voting Rights Advancement Act 📲 ow.ly/HHFq50Vbn5K

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🦋📢 Calling all butterfly champions! It's #MayorsMonarchPledge season, and we need YOUR voice. Send a letter to your mayor urging them to stand up for monarchs. #MayorsForMonarchs #SaveOurButterflies More: 📲 ow.ly/yObl50V8vFF

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MOM SAID ITS MY TURN 🦊🦊 In this August 2023 photo, Innes captured two red fox kits—and their shadows—playing at an old coast guard station in San Pedro, near the foxes’ cliffside den. 🥇 Mammals | 📸 Rachael Innes 2024 National Wildlife Photo Contest Winners 📲: ow.ly/k1FK50UAyEr

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POV: When someone catches you laughing at yourself.. 🤡🦉 📝: A yawning snowy owl at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge almost appears to be laughing. 📸: Kyle Chelius/USFWS #wildlife #owl #nature #funny #photography #snowyowl

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It's #WorldWildlifeDay 🐻🦊🦢🦌 If you could be any type of wildlife, what would you be? 👀 📸: Sow and cub | Liam Law/NPS 📸: Fox and kit | Erin Stand/USFWS 📸: Great egret and chicks | Mary Urbanski/USFWS 📸: Moose and calf | Lisa Hupp/USFWS #wildlife #nature #babyanimals #worldwildlifeday

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The “beautiful swirling orange lenticular cloud” captured by Hajjar of Funchal, Portugal, in April 2021 only looks otherworldly. 🥈 Landscapes & Plants | 📸 Nancy Hajjar 2024 National Wildlife Photo Contest Winners 📲: ow.ly/k1FK50UAyEr

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Otters Eat Their Way to a Healthy Ecosystem 🦦🥗 Otters have a voracious appetite for crabs, and in the decades since they began recolonizing Elkhorn, erosion along its creek banks and marsh edges has slowed by up to 90 percent. Read more 📚: ow.ly/YK1U50V4uY6

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If this was a Pokemon, what would its name be? 👀 📝: A leafy seadragon in Rapid Bay, South Australia 📸: Nicolas Remy | Other Wildlife 2024 National Wildlife Photo Contest Honorable Mentions 📲: ow.ly/K0yT50V4u5X #wildlife #nature #photography #underwater #seadragon

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Mondaze amiright? 🦊💤 Red foxes have excellent hearing. They can hear low-frequency sounds and rodents digging underground. 🔊 📝: A red fox hunts in Hayden Valley, Yellowstone Nat. Park 📸: Neal Herbert/NPS #wildlife #nature #winter #fox #yellowstone

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Oh say, can you see!? 🦉🦝🦈💡 NBC's The Americas premieres on Sunday, February 23rd at 7/6c and streams next day on Peacock. 📺 We are thrilled to be the official conservation partner for The Americas. Stay tuned for fun activities, contests, and resources from NWF. ⭐

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Located in Cape Ann, Massachusetts, the Great Marsh is a conservation success story. NWF’s work with partners in the area has kept the largest salt marsh on the East Coast thriving for wildlife and surrounding communities. Learn more 📲: ow.ly/rpSI50V2OyY

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The future of energy is here! 🔌🌎 Next-generation geothermal energy taps into Earth’s limitless natural heat to generate electricity, heat buildings, and more. #GeothermalEnergy offers a path to a cleaner, more #sustainable future. Learn more: 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8g1...

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ser·en·dip·i·tous ☁️🌕☁️ Grossman of Portland, Oregon, typically doesn’t plan his shoots beyond aiming for sunrise or sunset. “But on this occasion, I knew where I wanted to be for the moonrise." 🥇 Landscapes & Plants | 📸 Gary Grossman 2024 National Wildlife Photo Contest Winners 📲 ow.ly/k1FK50UAyEr

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When the waiter asks you how the food is but you're mid-bite 🍽️

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Would you still love me if I was a worm? 💕 This Valentine’s Day, don’t forget about the humble earthworm (and all of the flowers they help grow by improving the soil). 🌹 Take a deep dive into the world of worms and learn how they find their soilmate! 💘 Read the blog 📲: ow.ly/Lg4T50UV99H

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Sk8er Bandit 🦝💕 He was a raccoon She was a swan Can I make it any more obvious? He was a punk She did ballet What more can I say? 🎼: Avril LaTrumpeter 🦢 📝: A raccoon walking the shoreline suddenly notices a trumpeter swan staring it down. After a brief pause, they both went their separate ways.

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bears eat red, bees love blue, otters hold hands, and owls hoot 💕 Need a last-minute Valentine's card? We got you covered! 💌 Whether you're loved like no otter or simply a gift to humanatee, share our Valentine's cards with owl your loved ones. We promise they will bear-ly bee-lieve it! 🦦🐻🐝🦉

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Don't Go Chasin' Waterfowls 🦆💕 Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to I know that you're gonna waddle your way or nothing at all But I think you're swimming too fast 📝: A pair of mallards swim together along the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge

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LOVE IS IN THE AIR (and on the ground) 💕 You and who?

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What type of wildlife best represents Valentine's? 💞

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Women in Science: Pioneers and Protectors 👩‍🔬 Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🎉 We're honoring all the women and girls who have fought to learn about, participate in, and get recognition for their contributions to scientific advancement. 🔬

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Are there any condor-minuims for sale? 🏠🦅 It’s #HomesforBirdsWeek! Luckily, you don’t need to be an expert architect to provide birds with a great home. All it takes is a few gardening methods. 🐣 Learn more 📲: ow.ly/z7rM50UVNqu 📷: Condor | Bob Wick/BLM

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SPOT THE IMPOSTER 🔍 The #SuperbOwl is back, and the crowd goes wild! 🦉🏈 Don't give a hoot about football? Don't worry we got you covered. If there is one thing we can all agree on, it's a love for raptors (you thought we were going to say sports, didn't you).

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Did someone say butterfly highways? 🚗🚚🚌 With over 17 million acres of roadsides in the continental United States, we can increase the habitat available for monarchs and other pollinators by planting native plants along these corridors. 🌻🌼🌷 Read our blog to learn more 📲: ow.ly/VxwW50USymj

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Why would bears be awake in the winter? 🐻❄️ Imagine stepping outside on a crisp winter morning and spotting a black bear. It turns out that warming winters, driven by climate change, are reshaping the natural behaviors of many species. Learn more 📲: ow.ly/omV950UPJxl 📸: Mark Newberg

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If you were a monarch caterpillar, what would you eat?

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Did you know monarch butterflies communicate with scents and colors? 🌈 Today is #WesternMonarchDay! Comment 🦋 to show your support! Monarch caterpillars are picky eaters. They can only eat one thing: milkweed. Milkweed is what we call their “host plant”, meaning that the caterpillar depends on it.

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National Wildlife Federation urges senators to ensure nominees will respect the rule of law and focus on securing a bipartisan funding agreement. Read our press release for more 📲: ow.ly/WynI50USLvS

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You Gotta Be Quicker Than That 🦎🦜 Punjabi of Thane, India, has visited Keoladeo National Park many times, often witnessing conflicts between monitor lizards—which feed on bird eggs and chicks—and the egg layers. 🥈 Birds | 📸 Hira Punjabi 2024 NW Photo Contest Winners 📲: ow.ly/k1FK50UAyEr

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"It's your birthday. False. It is the anniversary of your birthday. You are born only once." - Dwight, The Office Can you believe it has been 89 years since NWF was founded? Wish us a happy birthday! 🎂 Take our quiz to test how well you know the history of NWF 📲: ow.ly/8BpY50UQt7x

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"Whoa. Who'd wanna live in a place like that?" - Donkey "That would be my home." - Shrek Yesterday was #WorldWetlandsDay. Did you know that wetlands are among the most productive and biodiverse ecosystems in the world – similar to rainforests and coral reefs? 🐸🦆🏕️ Learn more 📲: ow.ly/oo7m50QwuJl

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Cedar waxwings are named for the waxy red tips on their secondary wing feathers. They are one of the few North American birds specializing in eating fruit, with the ability to survive on fruit alone for several months. 🍒

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Did you hear? 🐰 The 2025 National Wildlife Photo Contest Is Now Open! 🚨 Photographers are encouraged to share their best images of wildlife and wild lands, from around the world and their own backyards. 📸 Learn more 📲: ow.ly/kRwc50UHWkG 📸: Kathryn Bryan | 📝: Black-tailed jackrabbit

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Western Monarch Butterfly Populations In Trouble 📉🦋 The Xerces Society's (@xercessociety.bsky.social) annual Western Migratory monarch butterfly count recorded only 9,119 butterflies, the second worst year in the organization’s count. Read the press release 📲: ow.ly/rtxs50UQwM9 📸: Lisa Hupp/USFWS

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The University of Maryland's Environmental Finance Center, in partnership with TCTAC, aims to help underserved communities secure funding to address environmental & energy justice concerns in the Mid-Atlantic region. Learn more about how the Environmental Finance Center can help 📲 ow.ly/cVEF50UMe34

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Bright Spots ☀️🦢 Both Galicki and his subject, a great blue heron, were poised at the right place and the right time. “The sun was setting, and a few last rays of light touched the heron at a fantastic angle,” he says. 🥇Birds | 📸 Joshua Galicki 2024 NW Photo Contest Winners 📲: ow.ly/k1FK50UAyEr

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Calling all universities and colleges! 📣 NWF and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom are teaming up to showcase and fund innovative and solutions-based programs or strategies that help protect and restore wildlife -- up to $8,500 per project! 🚨 Learn more and apply by March 15th 📲: ow.ly/YATK50UM4SI

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What is your winter wildlife personality? Asking for a friend!

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On The Fast Track 🧬⏩ Humans are forcing the rapid evolution of wildlife; but can animals change fast enough? Studies like Winchell’s are finding that wildlife species can evolve much, much faster than scientists once thought possible. 🔬 Read more 📚: ow.ly/IG0L50UM7rf Illustration: Armando Veve

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