Wildlife Conservation Day 4 Dec 2024

Wildlife Conservation Day

It"s Wildlife Conservation Day—an important reminder to celebrate and defend our planet"s incredible biodiversity. Many species face extinction, including African forest elephants, Cross River gorillas, saolas and Yangtze finless porpoises. Since its launch in 2012, this special day has highlighted the illegal wildlife trade and other threats that animals face. It also draws attention to the need for stronger long-term solutions.

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Today in History

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9 Dec 2024Guanacos, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
5 Mar 2025Khao Sok National Park in Thailand
27 Dec 2025Lake Superior, Grand Marais, Minnesota, United States
West of Windermere
4 Oct 2024World Space Week begins
10 Dec 2025Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
15 Aug 2025Spotted eagle rays
19 May 2025Mount Hamilton, San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
30 Sep 2024Walruses in Svalbard, Norway
Lighting up the Dolomites
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Teeming with trout
Surrounded by a sea of sand
4 Sep 2025Grizzly bears, Katmai National Park and Preserve, United States
Let’s have a lek, see?
Life on the lake
8 Sept 2026Beech tree in a cereal field, Hampshire, England
2 Aug 2025Cowes Week
6 Oct 2023Taughannock Falls State Park, New York
A beach of many colours
The ‘eighth wonder’?
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22 Mar 2026World Water Day
11 Oct 2024Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria, England
America’s backyard
31 Mar 2026Paradise Cave, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam
Lighting up the Badlands
The lonely castle
King of the jungle? Nope
15 Jun 2026Great Smoky Mountains National Park