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WWF-Australia and Greening Australia are working together to find new ways to restore nature so it’s strong enough to survive for future generations.
20 December 2021
2021 has been a critical year for WWF-Australia. It’s been yet another year like no other. With the help of our supporters, donors, and dedicated partners, we...
14 December 2021
2021 has been a critical year for WWF-Australia. It’s been yet another year like no other. With the help of our supporters, donors, and dedicated partners, we...
14 December 2021
Join WWF-Australia CEO Dermot O'Gorman in conversation with youth advocate Kieu Gavin
9 December 2021
Passionate nature-lover Morgane put her fitness skills to the test when she ran an incredible 240km non-stop over 65 hours to raise money for WWF-Australia.
9 December 2021
Green your office and get everyone behind the cause while you’re at it. Here are some simple and sustainable New Year resolutions to bring into your office or...
9 December 2021
Simple and effective ways you can reduce your personal plastic footprint.
8 December 2021
Here are five big ideas to tackle climate change while benefiting communities, our economy and our natural and cultural heritage.
8 December 2021
The Australian Federal Government has decided not to proceed with controversial plans for an airport in the heart of East Antarctica.
2 December 2021
WWF-Australia vet Dr Prishani Vengetas visited the Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital and helped the vets attend to an injured tawny frogmouth.
30 November 2021
Follow the WWF-Australia's Melbourne staff as they step out of lockdown and into the field for the first time in search of the ever-elusive platypus, using...
30 November 2021
See how Australia’s states, territory and federal government are performing in the race to become a renewable energy superpower.
27 November 2021
If we don’t act now, koalas on the east coast of Australia could be extinct by 2050.
25 November 2021
Wondering how you could help save the planet? Be inspired by the top ideas in our Innovate to Regenerate Challenge and enter your own to help the environment.
22 November 2021
In this incredible gallery, teamwork and North-West Australia’s incredible natural beauty is on full display as Indigenous rangers and researchers race to...
16 November 2021
What can we learn from COP26? While it didn’t meet its loftier promises and goals, it did represent clear steps in the right direction.
14 November 2021
WWF has been working with partners to conserve whales for over 50 years and now new technologies are allowing us to study them and the ocean in ways never...
12 November 2021
David Waterhouse has been supporting WWF’s work for over 60 years, he continues his support through a Gift in his Will to WWF-Australia. In the year 2000 David...
12 November 2021
Join WWF-Australia CEO Dermot O'Gorman in conversation with Steven Worrall, Managing Director of Microsoft Australia and New Zealand.
4 November 2021
Tanya Pritchard, WWF-Australia's Landscape Restoration Project manager, answers four questions on how we can prepare our koalas to survive in a hotter, drier...
1 November 2021
Learn bout COP26 and the role Australia has in it. It’s time for us to be ambitious and step forward with big, bold commitments in order to protect the planet.
1 November 2021
The experts agree: Australia does have the resources necessary to power the nation, with enough left over to sell to the world.
31 October 2021
We’re living through a period of enormous disruption. Our climate is changing, industries are shifting, technology is moving at break-neck speed and now a...
29 October 2021
Get spooky this Halloween and find out about some of the creepiest creatures on our planet.
28 October 2021
David Waterhouse shares a poem with us about the elusive and rare snow leopard.
20 October 2021
Join WWF-Australia CEO Dermot O'Gorman in conversation with founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, Dr Tyson...
30 September 2021
As the world transitions to a renewable energy future, there are some exciting new industries to keep an eye on. And they’ll need the talent of hundreds of...
30 September 2021
This year, we are celebrating important milestones in Antarctic conservation that serve as a reminder of the need to preserve and protect this special region.
30 September 2021
We the undersigned 117 Australian businesses are calling on the Australian Government to harness the unique opportunities Australia has to become a...
30 September 2021
Nathan from Indigenous Traditional Agriculture Knowledge Hub Black Duck Foods cooks up a storm and shows us how to make a tasty dish of pan-fried murnong...
29 September 2021
This tiny marsupial has the potential to heal land. Read about the project making this happen for a South Australian peninsula.
28 September 2021
40 pioneering brush-tailed bettongs from Wedge Island, South Australia have been released at Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park! Take a look at the photos...
27 September 2021
Leading Indigenous conservation voices explain how traditional knowledge and land management is key to recovering the landscapes and animal populations that...
26 September 2021
40 furry ambassadors for conservation have received an emotional welcome home on the southern Yorke Peninsula, in South Australia. And they’re positively...
24 September 2021
Australia is eco-wakening. More and more consumers are leaning towards sustainability, according to a recent WWF report.
14 September 2021
Using AI technology, a camera trap system sorts through millions of photos in mere hours to monitor fire-affected wildlife populations.
14 September 2021
David Waterhouse has been a passionate supporter of WWF since the beginning of 1961. David is a strong advocate for his love for nature and will continue to...
10 September 2021
In a groundbreaking piece of research, WWF and global consultancy firm Dalberg have worked together to estimate the true cost of plastics to society and the...
7 September 2021
Platypus have become locally extinct in areas they once thrived due to bushfires, drought, deforestation, predation and pollution. WWF-Australia and our...
6 September 2021
The silver-headed antechinus is surprisingly resilient for a marsupial, often referred to as a ‘suicidal reproducer’. But that doesn’t mean they haven’t been...
30 August 2021
Aside from their suicidal breeding habits, there’s a lot to learn about silver-headed antechinus. For a start, they’re one of the rarest mammals Australia has...
25 August 2021
Each September, WWF recognises the ‘Include a Charity’ campaign, which celebrates supporters choosing to continue their impact after their lifetimes by...
23 August 2021
Discover 13 strange and terrifying animal behaviours, from blood‑squirting lizards to deadly toxins. These real‑world facts reveal the wild side of nature.
11 August 2021
The IPCC has revealed its latest report on climate science and the crucial need for the world to commit to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
10 August 2021
The glossy black cockatoo was greatly affected by the 2019/20 bushfires, so WWF-Australia and Koala came together to find innovative solutions to rebuild their...
28 July 2021
The innovative projects range from a koala location tag, powered by a solar panel the size of a 5 cent piece, to temporary cardboard homes for wildlife, to a...
19 July 2021
Matty Wilson gives us five starting pointers to begin your break-up with plastics this Plastic Free July.
16 July 2021
WWF-Australia’s CEO, Dermot O’Gorman, speaks about some of our most exciting Innovate to Regenerate partnerships and how they form a vital part in our work to...
16 July 2021
Nappies, wipes, dummies, bottles... Plastic is everywhere in baby-land! Now is the perfect time to rise to the challenge of living life with less plastic.
2 July 2021
Plastics are deadly for marine wildlife. Vulnerable animals like turtles can get entangled in fishing nets, plastic straws, bags and more. See the impact of...
2 July 2021
10 hottest questions on microplastics answered by Dr Simon Attwood, Director of Conservation and Science at WWF-Singapore.
1 July 2021
Australia, it's time to end single-use plastic. Don't let nature go to waste. Here are 9 ways to start your break up with plastics this July.
1 July 2021
At WWF, we never give up. Dr Stuart Blanch shares his hope for the future of our Australian forests after the catastrophic bushfires of 2019-20.
1 July 2021
This year’s NAIDOC Week theme is ‘Heal Country! and we asked Indigenous ranger groups Gudjuda Reference Group Aboriginal Corporation and Girringun Aboriginal...
30 June 2021
To help you on your journey to breakup with single-use plastic items, we’ve created a 31-day calendar with a tip each day. Are you up for the challenge?
30 June 2021
Today's announcement that all domestic waste exports will be banned is an invitation for Australia to start to innovate.
30 June 2021
Can you recycle a light bulb? What’s the easiest way to recycle? And what do those symbols on the back of the carton even MEAN?!
29 June 2021
This Shark Awareness Day, let’s celebrate some of the most enigmatic and misunderstood creatures of the blue – sharks and rays,
28 June 2021
We have an exciting update straight from the field of our Koalas Forever campaign. Two flower farmers welcomed our partners Bangalow Koalas to their property...
28 June 2021
You're probably wondering how on Earth we got ourselves into this mess and what Australia's doing to address our overuse of plastics.
23 June 2021
Watch WWF-Australia's discussion on collaboration for the greater good and for purpose, and creating impact through the Koalas Forever campaign.
15 June 2021
WWF-Australia’s Marine Species Conservation Project Officer, Caitlin Smith takes us behind the scenes of the Turtle Cooling research project on Heron Island.
15 June 2021
Blackouts like the one that occurred last Tuesday in Queensland disrupt our lives.
3 June 2021
Here are 7 facts you might not know about the superb lyrebird. Not to be confused with the “superb liar-bird” - a bird that’s so dishonest, it begins to...
3 June 2021
We met up with Native Animal Rescue CEO Kelli Ellemor to see how Western Australia's wildlife is fairing a year on from the 2020 bushfires, and for an update...
31 May 2021
We listen to the knowledge of these vital voices in Indigenous conservation, and learn how cultural burning returns much more than traditional bushfire...
26 May 2021
In this moving video, Uncle Warren (Elder and Knowledge Holder for the Yuin Nation), Firesticks Alliance’s Dan Morgan and his nephew Kobe talk about the...
26 May 2021
WWF-Australia partnership with Currumbin Wildlife Hospital and Tweed Shire Council helps tackle koala Chlamydia through a vaccine program.
18 May 2021
Some very precious passengers will soon make an epic journey across the Nullarbor Plain. But these aren't your average holiday-makers; in fact, it's a...
6 May 2021
WWF partners Nicole Warne and Victoria Lee visited the Northern NSW region to help plant koala habitat trees with Bangalow Koalas, and visit the Friends of the...
5 May 2021
WWF has achieved many great wins for nature over the last 60 years and today on our anniversary, we celebrate those wins. Our work is only possible with the...
28 April 2021
Port Stephens is an area that Australia’s magnificent marsupial, the koala, calls home. Despite climate change, land clearing and threats of disease, dog...
28 April 2021
To help us celebrate 60 years of conservation, David Waterhouse wrote to us sharing his experience as a long-time loyal WWF supporter.
28 April 2021
WWF has been finding innovative solutions to climate issues for over 60 years, and now WWF-Australia is exploring a new bold and ground-breaking method to...
28 April 2021
To mark 60 years of conservation at WWF, WWF-Australia is proud to unveil "Yarning Across Generations". They were born decades and worlds apart, but two...
27 April 2021
Watch the heart-warming moment a young koala gets released back to the wild.
27 April 2021
Githabul Ranger Phillip Williams explains why Healthy Koala Country needs eucalyptus trees.
27 April 2021
In this webinar recording our panel of experts discuss how Australia’s states, territories and federal government are performing in the race to become a...
26 April 2021
When koalas faced extinction a century ago, our politicians failed us. Our koala killing spree has been relentless, comprehensive, and effective.
26 April 2021
With the support of the NSW Government, WWF-Australia is bringing together the biggest industry names to fast-track the reduction in embodied carbon emissions...
14 April 2021
Australian forests are wildlife apartments, climate allies, rainmakers, holiday getaways and healers. We need forests, and right now, they need us. Your...
14 April 2021
Nearly a year on, the community of Manyana are still fighting to save their forests after the devastating bushfires. Sign the petition today to defend the...
14 April 2021
The Marna Banggara project on Yorke Peninsula is a step closer as Western Australian woylies gear up for a historic move to South Australia.
7 April 2021
WWF-Australia’s Threatened Species and Climate Adaptation Ecologist Dr Kita Ashman has a soft spot for flying foxes. Here she explains why, and how a simple...
31 March 2021
To celebrate the successful launch of a new atmospheric cooling system for Bendigo’s flying fox population, we’ve put together 10 fun facts about flying foxes.
31 March 2021
One of WWF's longest and most dedicated supporters shares his story of his lifelong dream to spot the elusive superb lyrebird.
31 March 2021
The Renewable Superpower Scorecard presents a snapshot of how Australia’s states, territories and federal government are performing in the race to become a...
22 March 2021
Meet some of the women of WWF-Australia! Whether in-the-field or in the office, they're working to make a positive impact for our planet.
5 March 2021
WWF-Australia has helped fund a study by BirdLife Australia and La Trobe University to find out how the superb lyrebird population has been impacted by the...
3 March 2021
We’ve been following koalas Annie and Frankie on their recovery journey since they were found in Mallacoota, Victoria suffering from burns during the...
2 March 2021
WWF investigates the recyclability of plastic packaging in 82 popular food products. From plastic tubs to shiny wrappers and plastic sachets within plastic...
25 February 2021
WWF-Australia's Women Rangers Environmental Network Coordinator, Rosie Goslett-King shares why cultural fire management is so important for Country and culture.
2 February 2021
WWF's Species Conservation Project Coordinator Dr Rochelle Steven spied her first quokka thirty years ago. Now she's helping to ensure the survival of the...
29 January 2021
WWF-Australia and Richmond Football Club are proud to be continuing their partnership to help save wild tigers from extinction. The club and WWF-Australia came...
14 January 2021
Sub-zero temperatures, snow blizzards and a land of seemingly endless ice. It takes a lot to be able to survive on the Antarctic continent, but penguins know...
11 January 2021
WWF is supporting innovative, community-led approaches to sustainable fisheries management. This includes working with local fishermen like Sese who assists in...
4 January 2021