Video: Nurse sharks in Belize's Barrier Reef

Plus, teaching kindergartners about seabirds, and can you find the animal in this photo? {NAME}, today, on Endangered Species Day, we invite you to explore how you help us protect species and their ocean, freshwater, and forest habitats around the world. Thanks for helping us create a future where people and nature thrive. [View email as a webpage]( [WWF logo]( [WWF SITE]( [Manuel Munoz looks out onto the water while standing on a boat and wearing a hat]( E-NEWS May 2023 [Flourishing Belize]( Belize’s Hol Chan Marine Reserve covers about three square miles of reef, seagrass beds, and mangroves. Discover how WWF and others play an important role in protecting this area to benefit wildlife and the local community. (And watch our nurse shark video!) [Dive in to the story ►]( [Plastic bag and turtle]( [TAKE ACTION]( [Protect oceans from plastic]( World leaders are meeting at the end of the month to discuss the global treaty to end plastic pollution. Help us reach 30,000 names on our petition in support of a treaty that is ambitious and solves the challenge of the plastic crisis. [Act today ►]( [Two people cast a fishing net into the Mekong River as the sun rises]( [Takeaways from the UN 2023 Water Conference]( [Children hold paper eggs that they decorated in many colors]( [How WWF's Alexis Will teaches Alaska's kindergartners about seabirds]( [polar bear walking]( PODCAST [What can we learn from the DNA in a polar bear's footprints?]( [Photographer taking a picture of a monarch butterfly in a tree]( TRAVEL [New video: Photographing a Butterfly Migration]( [camouflaged animal on the ground]( [Can you find it?]( Many animals rely on camouflage to avoid detection by potential predators or prey. Can you find the camouflaged animal in this picture? [Take a guess ►]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Wildlife spotlight Ring-tailed lemur [ring-tailed standing on branches] Range and habitat The island country of Madagascar is the only place where the 100-plus species of lemurs live. Ring-tailed lemurs live in forested areas and scrublands in south and southwest Madagascar. Status Ring-tailed lemurs are endangered. As a group, lemurs are the most threatened mammals. One-third are critically endangered. Ring-tailed lemurs communicate in many ways, from facial expressions to scent marking to meows, grunts, and territorial howls. They're well adapted for life in the trees but spend much of their time on the ground. They even sunbathe in open areas in what some call a "yoga pose"—bellies toward the sun and arms and legs stretched out. [Lemur in the branches, ecard says: We're having a party!]( [Send an ecard]( [ring-tailed lemur plush]( [Support WWF's global conservation efforts by symbolically adopting a ring-tailed lemur]( [red-orange sea star on a rock at low tide] Pop Quiz Through what part of the body do sea stars breathe? [Gills]( [Skin]( [Mouth]( [Blowhole]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [Twitter]( [Instagram]( y [YouTube]( para más información. [Two capybaras standing in grass]( [¿Los capibaras son roedores? Este y 5 datos más sobre los capibaras]( • [Siguiendo la huella de los tigres en un santuario de vida silvestre en India]( • [En Belice, una próspera reserva marina muestra los beneficios de proteger los arrecifes de coral]( • [Indígenas Kukama Kukamiria comprometidos con el rescate del Paiche]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Photos: Ranger © Tarina Rodriguez/WWF-US; Sea turtle © Troy Mayne/WWF; Mekong River © Shutterstock/Suriya99/WWF; Paper eggs © Kari Paustian; Polar bear © Steve Morello/WWF; Butterfly video © Court Whelan; Can you find it image © Becca Skinner/WWF-US; Ring-tailed lemur © R. Isotti, A. Cambone/Homo Ambiens/WWF; Lemur ecard © naturepl.com/Edwin Giesbers/WWF; Sea star © Wild Wonders of Europe/Juan Carlos Munoz/WWF; Capybaras © Jaime Rojo/WWF-US [Contact us]( [Update profile]( [Privacy policy]( [State disclosures]( [Unsubscribe]( Was this forwarded to you? [Subscribe to WWF email or text messages]( ¿Hablas español? Visita [Descubre WWF]( © 2023 [World Wildlife Fund]( 1250 24th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037 [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( Reduce | Reuse | Recycle