World Sparrow Day
2026-03-20
World Sparrow Day is a day designated to raise awareness of the House Sparrow and other common birds to urban environments.

White-Crowned Sparrow

World Serval Day
2026-03-18
World Serval Day is to raise awareness about the serval, a wild cat native to Africa, and to highlight the concerns surrounding the breeding of servals with domestic cats for the “designer pet” trade, particularly the production of Savannah cats.
KODAK Digital Still Camera

National Panda Day
2026-03-16
This day is celebrated annually to raise awareness of the giant panda, a beloved species that faces threats from habitat loss and fragmentation.

National Buzzards Day
2026-03-15
This day celebrates turkey vultures that are often called buzzards in the United States. This was in honor of turkey vultures coming back to their roost trees in Hinckley Ridge Ohio.
Turkey Vultures

National Learn About Butterflies Day
2026-03-14
Learn About Butterflies Day is an international day that is for learning more about these important creatures. Not just pretty but also an important pollinator.

National American Paddlefish Day
2026-03-09
This day is designed to raise awareness of this prehistoric fish.

World Wildlife Day
2026-03-03
World Wildlife Day is essential in bringing awareness to the wild animals and the natural habitat they live in.

International Polar Bear Day
2026-02-27
This day is for celebrating the polar bear the world’s largest bear and land carnivore. They are also the unofficial climate change mascot.

Polar Bear, Kansas City Zoo

World Pangolin Day
2026-02-21
This day is for raising awareness of the pangolin, for which there are 8 species (4 in Asia, 4 in Africa). Pangolins are the most illegally trafficked animals in the world.

Black-Bellied Pangolin

World Whale Day
2026-02-15
World Whale Day aims to raise awareness of these magnificent creatures, their beauty as well as their ecological value to the planet.

Fin Whale, my favorite whale.

World Hippopotamus Day
2026-02-15
World hippopotamus day is to celebrate these unique mammals of Africa.

World Bonobo Day
2026-02-14
This day is to raise awareness of the endangered great ape: Bonobo. Though they look very similar to a chimpanzee they are a completely separate species. Also, whereas chimpanzees are known for their aggression the bonobo is known for its much more passivity.

International Zebra Day
2026-01-31
This day is to learn and protect zebras. There are three species of zebra, the plains zebra (doing well), the mountain zebra (vulnerable/threatened), and Grevy’s zebra (endangered).

Squirrel Appreciation Day
2026-01-21
This is the day to appreciate squirrels, for which there are 122 species of “tree” squirrels.
Prevost’s Squirrel

Penguin Awareness Day
2026-01-20
This is a day to become more informed about penguins and their current issues. For example the Galapagos penguin is the only penguin that sometimes swims into the northern hemisphere, it is also an endangered species.
King Penguins second only to Emperor Penguins in size

National Endangered Species Day
2025-05-16
This is a day to recognize all the endangered species and the effects on the biodiversity of the planet. For example both these species are extinct in the wild.
Guam Kingfisher
Socorro Dove

World Migratory Bird Day
2025-05-10 - 2025-05-11
This is a special day for bird watchers.
Turkey and Black Vultures

Wild Koala Day
2025-05-03
A day to celebrate wild koalas and protect their habitats.
Unfortunately I have no photos of wild koalas

Save the Rhino Day
2025-05-01
This is a day not only to bring awareness and education about what exactly is happening with these wonderful animals (all 5 species are either endangered or critically endangered) but to also learn new things about these animals and celebrate them.
Black Rhinoceros

Save the Frogs Day
2025-04-28
This is the world’s largest day of amphibian education and conservation action.

International Hyena Day
2025-04-27
It’s a day to honor the hyena as an important predator and scavenger.
Spotted Hyena

World Tapir Day
2025-04-27
There are 4 species of tapir, all except for the Brazilian tapir they are all endangered species.

Malayan Tapir

World Penguin Day
2025-04-25
World Penguin Day recognizes one of the unique birds on the planet.
Gentoo Penguins

International Pallas's Cat Day
2025-04-23
The day is dedicated to raising awareness about the Pallas’s cat, a small wild cat that lives in the grasslands and steppes of Central Asia.

Earth Day
2025-04-22
Earth Day is a day to appreciate the Earth and ALL the creatures that call it home.
This years theme is “Our Power, Our Planet,” focusing on the transition to renewable energy and aiming to triple global electricity generation from renewable sources by 2030.

Power County Wind Farm

International Bat Appreciation Day
2025-04-17
It’s a day to learn about bats and their important roles in nature and in our daily lives.

National Dolphin Day
2025-04-14
This is a day to celebrate and learn about these the amazing dolphins.

National Zoo Lovers Day
2025-04-08
National Zoo Lovers Day celebrates animals and the important role zoos play in their conservation.

Pygmy Hippo Day
2025-04-08
This day is used to increase awareness of the endangered pygmy hippopotamus
Pygmy Hippopotamus

International Beaver Day
2025-04-07
This day honors beavers and the people who study them.
