How are monarch butterflies doing?

Plus, can you find this hidden bird? And tag along on an Antarctic expedition... Discover how we can all work together to protect monarch butterflies, forests, wetlands, and our planet. Thank you for helping us create a future where people and nature thrive. [View email as a webpage]( [WWF logo]( [STORIES]( [Monarch butterfly resting on a leaf]( WWF E-NEWS February 2024 [Monarch butterflies at risk]( See what the annual survey by WWF and partners uncovered after we measured the area of Mexico's forest where monarchs hibernate each winter—and learn how to help pollinators. [How monarchs are doing ►]( [Area of deforested land on a hillside]( [Help stop global deforestation]( We need your help to ensure that the products US consumers buy aren't contributing to criminal activity and the destruction of forests. Add your name today. [Take action for trees ►]( [Huilliche families prepare a curanto, one of the oldest continually-practiced food traditions in the Americas]( [How bountiful seas could help an Indigenous community keep a thousand-year-old dish alive]( [Whale fluke and boaters on the water]( [Tag along with WWF scientists as they take CNN on an Antarctic whale research expedition]( [Honeybee flying over yellow flowers]( [Explore two secret bee superpowers]( [Hydrogen infrastructue and Nature Breaking podcast logo]( PODCAST [What is green hydrogen and how is it helping with the climate crisis?]( [Polar bears touching noses]( TRAVEL [VIDEO: In the heart of polar bear territory in the tundra lodge]( [landscape showing green vegetation and a bird looking at the camera ]( [Can you find it?]( Hidden in the grasslands is a bird that breeds in the Northern Great Plains. Can you locate it? Bonus points if you can identify it. [See where it is ►]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Wildlife spotlight [North American river otter]( [river otter sitting on a rock]( Range and habitat River otters are found throughout most of North America from the Rio Grande to Canada and Alaska. They live in aquatic habitats—marine and freshwater—such as streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps, and marshes. Interesting info Communicating in a variety of ways, they vocalize with whistles, chirps, growls, chuckles, and screams. They also scent mark and use posture and touch. Well adapted for spending much of their lives in the water, North American river otters have long, streamlined bodies, a long, powerful tail, webbed feet, dense insulating fur, sensitive whiskers that help with hunting aquatic prey, and a third eyelid that enables underwater vision. [two otters and copy that says 'you're like no otter!']( [Send an otter ecard]( [gentoo penguin plush]( [Support WWF's global conservation efforts by symbolically adopting a river otter]( [Bog surrounding river in morning light] Pop quiz You probably know that oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth's surface. But do you know how much is covered by freshwater habitats, such as lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands? [Less than 1%]( [Around 4%]( [Nearly 8%]( [Over 10%]( --------------------------------------------------------------- WWF en Español En WWF ofrecemos una gran cantidad de contenido en español como parte de nuestros esfuerzos por llegar a la comunidad Latina e Hispana de Estados Unidos. Visita [nuestro sitio web]( o síguenos en [X (anteriormente Twitter)](, [Instagram]( y [YouTube]( para más información. [Humpback whale jumping out of water]( [¿Por qué las ballenas son excelentes campeonas climáticas?]( [La solución del 1% para reducir la huella alimentaria]( [El pronóstico de la crisis climática en 2024]( [Cómo el uso de insectos y desechos como alimento para animales puede proteger el planeta]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Photos: Monarch butterfly © WWF-US/McDonald Mirabile; Deforestation © Sofia Theodoridoy/WWF-Sweden; Preparing curanto dish © Meridith Kohut/WWF-US; Boaters and whale fluke © UCSC-WWF-Chris Johnson -permit under NOAA; Honeybee © WWF-US/Clay Bolt; Green hydrogen Nature Breaking © Getting Images/iStockphoto/onurdongel/WWF-US; Polar bear © Lianne Thompson; Can you find it image © WWF-US/Clay Bolt; North American river otter © Scott Dumas/Shutterstock; Otter ecard © Dean Clarke/Shutterstock; Bog surrounding river in morning light © naturepl.com/Sven Zacek/WWF; Humpback whale © Amy Kennedy/NOAA [Contact us]( | [Update profile]( | [Privacy policy]( | [State disclosures]( | [Unsubscribe]( Was this forwarded to you? [Subscribe to WWF email]( ¿Hablas español? Visita [Descubre WWF]( © 2024 [World Wildlife Fund](?utm_campaign=wwf-marketing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=stationery) 1250 24th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037 [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( Reduce | Reuse | Recycle [supporter]