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  • Using Image Descriptions and Alt Text on Facebook and Twitter

    Using Image Descriptions and Alt Text on Facebook and Twitter

    Did you know you can edit the alt text on your Facebook and image descriptions for Twitter photos? It turns out, increasing the accessibility of the images you post may be easier than you think. This can be useful to consider if you aren’t explicitly describing what’s in the photo when you post. By making…

  • Listening in Nature and Online

    While animals are fun to listen to, they also tend to be fantastic listeners. Especially when they depend on their keen hearing to trap a meal or escape a predator.  When you look at creatures like bats, rabbits, foxes and so many others, you can’t help but marvel at how well they listen, and how…

  • Wildlife Watching with a Twitter #Hashtag

    There are a number of effective ways to monitor response with social media. Today I’m feeling inclined to talk about tracking Twitter hashtags. With NWF’s Wildlife Watch program we encourage people to #NWF every time they see wildlife, this in turn goes on our website.  It’s been a long-term campaign with random spikes in interest…

  • 4 Online Communities A Wildlife Enthusiast Would Love

    As a wildlife enthusiast, I get excited at the thought of communicating with others who are passionate about observing and learning about wildlife. Since I’m lucky enough to interact online with people of all walks of life, I do take note of where I interact with some extraordinary people. The following are great communities to…