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.

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

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 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 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.

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

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 Frog Day
2026-03-20
World Frog Day celebrates these often neglected amphibians.

African Bullfrog

International Seal Day
2026-03-22
It is a day set aside to raise awareness about seal conservation around the world.
Harbor Seal

World Bear Day
2026-03-23
World Bear Day celebrates all bears, regardless of species. Though some are doing well, like the American black bear, others are Vulnerable (IUCN Red List) or Threatened (ESA) like the Andean (spectacled) bear.
Andean Bear

Manatee Appreciation Day
2026-03-25
This day is to raise awareness about manatees, their habitats, and the challenges they face. This is a US appreciation day so focuses on the West Indian manatee or Florida manatee.

National Peacock Day
2026-03-25
This day celebrates mostly in art the wondrous peacock.

World Civet Day
2026-04-04
World Civet Day highlight the unique role civets play in ecosystems and the threats they face, especially from the unethical kopi luwak (civet coffee) trade, with themes focusing on conservation, education, and promoting responsible choices like avoiding exploited wildlife products.

Whooping Crane Day
2026-05-28
Whooping Crane Day is designed to show our appreciation of the rarest crane in the world, and one of the most rare birds in North America.
Whooping Crane

World Whale and Dolphin Day
2026-07-23
World Whale and Dolphin Day was established to raise awareness about protecting whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals from threats like pollution and whaling.

July 23, 1982 was when the IWC put a moratorium commercial whaling.
