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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 ...

10. Cool cubs Amur leopards don’t have a specific breeding season, their gestation period last around 12 weeks and the females give birth to a litter of 2-3 cubs. The cubs are born blind and weigh ...

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 ...

1. There are two main subspecies of walrus The Atlantic and Pacific – which both occupy different areas of the Arctic. The Atlantic walrus lives in the seasonally ice-covered northern waters of Canada ...

8. They’re intelligent, like us Bottlenose dolphins are one of the few species, along with apes and humans, that have the ability to recognise themselves in a mirror. This is considered 'reflective' ...

3. They can swim constantly for days at a time As well as reaching speeds of up to 6mph in the water, polar bears can swim for long distances and steadily for many hours to get from one piece of ice ...

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Oct 2022 Living Planet Report 2022 Today we face the double, interlinked emergencies of human-induced climate change and the loss of biodiversity, threatening the well-being of current and future ...

WWF history Over the past 60 years, WWF has grown from a small group of wildlife enthusiasts to one of the world’s largest and most respected independent conservation organisations. Today, we're ...

5. They are under threat of extinction in the wild. Cheetahs were once widespread in Africa, and they also used to roam the Arabian Peninsula and into central India. However, they have disappeared ...