National Wildlife Federation

Home to the late Hazel M. Johnson, Altgeld Gardens in Chicago holds a rich history, but also decades of toxic pollution. ☢️ Follow along on the Altgeld Gardens Toxic Tour, aimed at raising awareness about environmental hazards in Black communities. Read or listen 📲: https://ow.ly/c6rp50Uaq0v #EnvironmentalJustice

Ruby-throated hummingbirds move exceptionally quickly, they are capable of rapidly beating their wings more than 50 times a second. It's possible to hear the beat of the wings, which make a humming sound, hence the bird's name. These hummingbirds are very small, growing only 3.5 inches (nine centimeters) tall and weighing less than a quarter of an ounce (seven grams). However, they eat approximately every 15 minutes to maintain their energy. They must enter deep torpor every night and greatly reduce metabolic activity, or they would expend all energy reserves and die in their sleep, hence their need to visit so many flowers each day. #wildlife #nature #hummingbirds #funfacts #birds

A lot of trash and debris end up on land and in oceans and waterways, devastatingly affecting wildlife and the planet. But you can make a difference. 🌍 Help Johnson Outdoors and National Wildlife Federation pick up 10 million pieces of litter by joining the #CleanEarthChallenge. ♻️ Join the challenge 📲: https://lnkd.in/edrYDhmN #JohnsonOutdoors #stepuptocleanup #ComeCleanForEarth

We're Hiring! 🎉 National Wildlife Federation is committed to connecting people with nature, and we inspire Americans to protect wildlife for our children's future. 🌎 To apply today or learn more 📲: http://ow.ly/C91s50HX2FT 1.) Manager, Community Conservation 2.) Sr. Coordinator of Organizational Strategy 3.) Landscape Design Manager, ECHO Grow Outdoors SC 4.) Water Resources Program Manager 5.) Vice President for Ranger Rick Brands & Engagement While the positions are intended to be based out of various locations, there may be opportunities to discuss remote options. Feel free to reach out to our HR department for any further questions via email 📲: hrhelp@nwf.org #hiring #jobs #jobsearch #recruitment #job #nowhiring #recruiting #career #employment #careers #hiringnow #jobopening #applynow #jobopportunity #open #learn

Everything is bigger in Texas 🦎 The Texas horned lizard is a spiny-bodied reptile. It's the largest and most widely distributed of the 14 species of horned lizards in the western United States and Mexico. Despite their fierce appearance, Texas horned lizards are extremely docile creatures. Horned lizards are excellent diggers, and can quickly burrow underground to escape threats. Most of their diet consists of ants, beetles, and grasshoppers. At night, they bury themselves in the sand to sleep. They have the ability to squirt an aimed stream of blood from the corners of the eyes and sometimes from their mouth for a distance of over 3 ft (1 m) to defend themselves from predators. It's safe to say they have developed a few ~unique~ strategies to deter predators. #wildlife #nature #funfacts #lizards #wildlifealphabet

Everything Leaves a Trace 🧬🌲 Environmental DNA, or eDNA, is helping scientists locate elusive wildlife—from rare and endangered species to emerging invasives. Using a standard-issue paint roller, slightly dampened with water, the researchers attach a long handle and roll its cylindrical nap along the bark and foliage of trees to swab for evidence of wildlife; a method called tree rolling. In one study that surveyed 21 trees in two New Jersey oak-hickory forests, Lockwood says she and her team were able to estimate about 90 percent of the mammal species living in an area of more than 400 acres—all in a single day. Scanning for eDNA is also helping scientists detect signs of invasive species more accurately—and hopefully sooner—than searching by sight. Want to learn more about eDNA? Read the National Wildlife Magazine Fall '24 Issue 📚: https://ow.ly/9cmK50U9eib #wildlife #science #nature #dna #environment

It's #NationalRecyclingDay ♻️ This year, thirty colleges and universities have been recognized as winners for this year’s Campus Race to Zero Waste Competition, a National Wildlife Federation and RecycleMania Inc. program. More than 2.7 million college students and staff across more than 150 campuses competed to reduce their waste footprint through minimization efforts by donating, composting, and recycling more than 30.7 million pounds of waste. Want to learn about the winners? Read more 📲: https://ow.ly/28GX50U2CHb #recycle #campuswaste #nationalrecyclingday #waste

California voters passed Proposition 4, in a major win for wildlife, climate, and communities! 🌲🦋🐾🌊 “In California, we live with the impact of climate change in our daily lives, from fires to flooding to drought. We thank the voters for passing Prop 4 and helping California continue to lead on solutions that will truly help our communities and our wildlife in the state fight the effects of climate change,” says Beth Pratt, California Regional Executive Director of NWF. “From projects that help with water security, coastal wetland restoration, reducing wildlife risk, habitat restoration and more, Prop 4 is an investment in our future.” #YesonProp4 #California #ClimateAction #Conservation

Just keep swimming 🌊🐟 There are 7 species of Pacific salmon globally and just 1 species of Atlantic salmon. While Pacific and Atlantic salmon are distantly related, they have many chromosomal differences and cannot interbreed. The oldest salmon record in North America comes from sabertooth salmon fossils that date up to 7 million years ago. These prehistoric fish could grow up to 3 meters long! Salmon are typically anadromous, meaning they live in both fresh and saltwater over the course of their lives. They are born in freshwater, journey to the ocean, and then return to freshwater streams to spawn. #wildlife #alphabet #salmon #nature #funfacts

A Monarch Migration 🦋 In South-Central Mexico, where monarchs conclude their southern migration around the national holiday of Dia de los Muertos, the butterflies symbolize the souls of departed loved ones and a chance for conservation success. Millions of monarchs depart breeding grounds east of the Rocky Mountains in southern Canada and the northern United States every fall en route to the Mexican states of Michoacán and México. The migration, stretching up to 3,000 miles, takes just a couple of months. These monarchs are not the same ones that visited the year before. So how do they know where to migrate? Read the National Wildlife Magazine Fall '24 Issue 📚: https://ow.ly/o8oE50U3gU1 All photos 📷: Jaime Rojo #monarchs #conservation #migration #nature #wildlife