10 of the world's most endangered animals - WWF
As our modern society gets more resource-intensive, natural spaces are shrinking and wildlife numbers are declining. Our 2024 Living Planet Report shows the average size of wildlife populations has fallen by a staggering 73% since 1970. While there have been amazing and inspirational wildlife successes and stories in the past, many animals are still endangered mostly due to unsustainable human ...
Top 10 facts about Hedgehogs | WWF
1. They are pretty widespread and sociable. There are 17 species of hedgehog and they are found in Europe, Africa and Asia. In the UK they can live in a variety of habitats including woodland, farmland, parks and gardens.
Top 10 facts about Koalas | WWF
8. They can sleep up to 18 hours a day. The koala may sleep or rest for up to 18-20 hours every day while being tucked into the fork of the tree. Their extraordinary sleeping habit is believed to be an adaptation to their leaf-based diet, as they get very little energy from just eating leaves.
Top 10 facts about polar bears - WWF
Male polar bears can weigh up to 800kg, and are twice the size of females. Polar bears can also grow up to 3 metres long, making them the largest bear species and the largest land carnivore in the world. 10. They can smell their prey up to 32km away. Polar bears have a …
Top 10 facts about Orcas | WWF
8. Orcas have their own languages. Orcas communicate through a range of clicks, whistles, pulsed calls, squeals, squeaks and screams. Orcas have distinct ‘languages’ within their family groups. 9. They have a varied diet. Orcas feed on a wide variety of prey, from marine mammals and fish, to seabirds and marine turtles.
Top 10 facts about Emperor penguins - WWF
1. Ice, Ice, Baby. Wild Emperor penguins are only found in Antarctica. They breed and raise their young mostly on ‘fast ice’, a floating platform of frozen ocean which is connected to the land or to ice shelves. From birth, they spend their entire lives in and around the Antarctic ice, although very rarely vagrants have turned up off the ...
Our top 10 facts about elephants | WWF
Elephants use their trunks to suck up water to drink – it can contain up to 8 litres of water. They also use their trunks as a snorkel when swimming. 4. Their tusks are actually teeth. Elephant tusks are actually enlarged incisor teeth which first appear when elephants are …
Top 10 facts about Tigers | WWF
1. Tigers have been around for quite a while. Tigers were around about 2 million years ago. 2. However, thanks to humans, tigers are now endangered. Over the last 150 years, the tigers' range has shrunk by nearly 95%. In 2023, the Global Tiger Forum estimated that there are around 5,500 tigers left in the wild.
Top 10 facts about Lions | WWF
Wild lions in the west and central Africa are more closely related to these Asiatic lions in India than to those found in southern and east Africa. 2. Male lions can weigh 30 stone. On average, male lions weigh 190kg (almost 30 stone) and females weigh 126kg (almost 20 stone).
Top 10 facts about Snow Leopards - WWF
Top 10 facts about snow leopards. 1. They’re well adapted to their cold environment. Snow leopards have spotted white-greyish fur that keeps them well insulated in cold weather – it can be 5cm long on their back and sides and almost 12cm long on their belly. A snow leopard's tail can reach up to 80-105cm long, which is thought to help with ...