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It's #SafeBoatingWeek! ⛵⚓ Many species like Florida manatees are harmed each year by vehicle collisions in the water. You wouldn’t want to be hit by a boat when on a walk in the neighborhood, so keep an eye out when on your boat for your aquatic neighbors!

Humans have long lived alongside bears. While we may have forgotten how to do just that, this #BearAwarenessWeek, we are learning again how to be aware of and co-exist with these amazing wildlife neighbors. 🐻🤝👨

We’re celebrating bees! 🐝 About one in three bites of food we eat depends on pollinators like bees, and native bees alone provide over $5 billion in crop pollination services every year in the U.S. Happy #WorldBeeDay! 🐝

Whether you know it, you live alongside all kinds of wildlife from squirrels to birds to all in between. And sometimes, those neighbors are grizzlies! Read our blog for the best bear safety tips and learn how to be Bear Aware this #BearAwarenessWeek. 🐻 dfnd.us/3H1lyum

#DYK: the American black bear is the smallest of the three bears found in North America & is found only in North America? There's an estimated 600,000 black bears in North America & over 300,000 in the U.S.! Learn more: dfnd.us/3Y5xDV0 #BearAwarenessWeek

Shhh...we’re bearly awake. #BearAwarenessWeek

New population estimates for the Southern Beaufort & Chukchi Sea polar bears signal trouble for these Alaskan bears. The two polar bear populations that live in & are named after these seas make up about one-tenth of the global polar bear population. dfnd.us/43xEaK7

We strongly condemn the budget reconciliation bill passed by the House today as disastrous for American wildlife. “The House bill would cause permanent & far-reaching damage to wildlife conservation, & we urge the Senate to reject it.” Read more: dfnd.us/43tO5Am ⬅️

This calving season for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale produced 11 mother-calf pairs, with several female whales giving birth for the first time. Read more from Patrick Whittle via The Associated Press. dfnd.us/4jlE0LH

It's World Turtle Day! 🐢 Bog turtles are the smallest turtle in the United States. Be careful when they’re speeding past you! 🏃

There’s only one Grand Canyon, only one Mississippi River, only one Okefenokee, only one Tongass. In those iconic landscapes live countless animals just trying to protect their packs and survive in a wild world. We owe it to our neighbors to keep those lands safe.

Join us for an inside look at our day on Capitol Hill where we were joined by our Wildlife Defenders to advocate for the wildlife and wild places we all love. At Defenders we rely on – and are grateful for – the support of our members who raise their voice on behalf of wildlife.

#DYK: Sea otters must eat approximately 25% of their weight in food each day? Sea otters eat urchins, mussels, clams, crabs & snails & rely on their dense fur & high metabolism to stay warm in the cold ocean. Learn more: dfnd.us/4mwoP5j #WildlifeWednesday #WorldOtterDay

Cutting close to 200 California Department of Fish and Wildlife staff while the agency is underfunded & understaffed would be a short-sighted move. With nationwide reductions making it harder to protect wildlife as it is, we urge #caleg & @CAGovernor to reinstate these positions in the final state budget!

Happy #NationalAlligatorDay! 🐊🐊🐊 Alligators almost went extinct in the United States – but thanks to efforts made possible by the Endangered Species Act, they’ve made a full recovery. Learn more about alligators: dfnd.us/4kDJrXg ⬅️

Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling is the latest blow in the dismantling of the National Environmental Policy Act or NEPA. With this decision, a bedrock conservation law was just mutilated to cater to businesses and billionaires’ bank accounts. Learn more: dfnd.us/44YRsSj