Forgot to Get a Valentine's Day Gift? Fell in Love During the Weekend?You Can Still Give a Gift That Lasts Forever Name a Roach In Honor of Your ValentineOffer Expires 6AM. EST, Tuesday, Feb. 15 Bronx, NY – Feb. 13, 2011 Roses: $200 Chocolates: $50 Roach: $10 The Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo can rescue you during these few remaining hours if you have forgotten your Valentine. If you need a last minute gift, go to www.bronxzoo.com and name a Madagascar hissing cockroach after your...

America’s national bird to make its home in the Bronx Recovery of bald eagle population a true conservation success story Bronx, N.Y. – February 11, 2011 – The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo has adopted two rescued bald eagles found injured in Wyoming. Both eagles had sustained injuries making them unable to fly and survive in the wild. They were taken by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and relocated to the Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge in the New Jersey Pi...

Meet the animal couplesAnimal dating and mating workshop  - Sunday, February 13, 2011See the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9wqooRi4no Brooklyn, NY – February 10, 2011 – Many animals show love and affection to their mates in the same way humans do, and there is no better place to see animal couples in love than Valentine’s Day at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park Zoo. Animal species from North American river otters to Pallas’s cats and Saki monkeys demonstrate behavi...

Open-access website uses technology to merge wildlife and human health surveillance NEW YORK (February 9, 2011)— Health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society, Harvard Medical School, Children’s Hospital Boston, the University of California at Davis, EcoHealth Alliance, and other members of PREDICT have publicly launched a web-based, open-access map to help governments and health agencies track emerging infectious diseases across the world. Announced at this week’s International...

Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo Announces One-of-a-Kind Gift Zoo houses thousands hissing cockroaches in its Madagascar exhibit   NEW YORK (February 9, 2011) – Forget diamonds, roses, or chocolates.  The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo announced today a light-hearted, one-of-a-kind Valentine’s Day gift: naming one of the zoo’s famous Madagascar hissing cockroaches after a loved one, sweetheart, mother...

Wildlife Conservation Society study finds seine net elimination an important step to the recovery of robust fish communities NEW YORK (February 9, 2011)— Marine conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society working in Kenya have found that better fisheries management that includes restricting fishing gear is producing more predatory and longer-lived species and is improving fishing even in adjacent areas where no management is taking place.    During a 10-year study, ...

      Presented by Con Edison, 2011 Run for the Wild is dedicated to saving penguins around the world     Bronx, NY – Jan. 25, 2011 – Magellanic penguins, Danny and Hugo, move through the snow covered rocks in the Russell B. Aitken Sea Bird Aviary at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo. This species is native to the southern South American coast and seas. Magellanic penguins live in large groups but mated couples remain ...

WCS’s Bangladesh Cetacean Diversity Project promotes public awareness of two threatened dolphin species in the Sundarbans.

These mangroves home to one of world’s dolphin ‘hotspots’ NEW YORK (January 14, 2011)—Threatened dolphins in Bangladesh Sundarbans are getting a public awareness boost from the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bangladesh Cetacean Diversity Project. The project is sponsoring an exhibition on dolphins for fishing communities along the world’s largest swath of coastal mangrove forest. The event —called the “Shushuk Mela” or “Dolphin Exhibition”—will run from January 15-31. The exhibition highlight...

3rd Annual 5k and Family Fun Run at WCS’s Bronx Zoo Registration is now open at www.wcs.runforthewild.orgJanuary registrants receive $5 early-bird discountSaturday, April 30, 2011 Bronx, N.Y. – January 13, 2011 – Calling all runners, walkers, and athletic hopefuls – it’s time to lace-up your running shoes to prepare for New York City’s wildest race: The Wildlife Conservation Society’s third annual Run for the Wild at WCS’s Bronx Zoo.  This year’s 5k-run/walk takes place on Sat...