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January 12, 2011

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and WCS Announce New $4.9 Million Dollar Grant

New Funding and New Climate Adaptation Focus for Grants Program Supporting Conservation Projects Nationwide New York, NY (January 12, 2011) - The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has made a $4.9 million grant to the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in support of the WCS Climate Adaptation Fund, through which WCS will re-grant more than $4 million over the next two years. This funding will support nonprofit conservation organizations working to ensure the ability of wildlife t...

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January 11, 2011

Reef Study Finds How to Make Coral Reefs Grow Faster: Fisheries Management

WCS confirms sea urchins destroy reef building algae in overfished sites on Kenya’s coast NEW YORK (January 11, 2011)—An 18-year study of Kenya’s coral reefs by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the University of California at Santa Cruz has found that overfished reef systems have more sea urchins, organisms that in turn eat coral algae that build tropical reef systems.By contrast, reef systems closed to fishing have fewer sea urchins—the result of predatory fish keeping urchins under contr...

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January 10, 2011

New Photo Depicts Brutality of Shark Finning

WCS researchers working on a New York Seascape study discover a female sand tiger shark, missing all its fins, swimming through Delaware Bay. The conservationists call the discovery a disturbing reminder about the ongoing threats to vulnerable shark populations around the world.

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January 10, 2011

Media Availability: Southern Sudan Referendum: Oil, Water, and Wildlife

Media Availability: WCS President and CEO Steven SandersonWCS says vote for independence offers historic opportunity for conservation and sustainable natural resource managementWCS is an official partner with the government of Southern Sudan on wildlife conservation issues NEW YORK (January 10, 2011) – The following op-ed by WCS President and CEO Dr. Steven Sanderson was published this weekend: This Sunday, more than three million people in South Sudan are expected to vote in a referendum to c...

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January 07, 2011

Photo Release: Shark Finning in US Waters

Millions of sharks are finned every year for the global shark-fin soup trade Brooklyn, N.Y. – Jan. 7, 2011 - A photo released today by the Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium shows a finned shark caught in partnership with Delaware State University during a New York Seascape study in Delaware Bay. The photo shows where the dorsal and pectoral fins were removed. The female sand tiger shark had no anal fins, and most of its tail fin had been removed. Shark finning – the practice...

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January 06, 2011

Conservationists to Meet at the Southern End of the World in Karukinka

Linking artists, scientists and other professionals Karukinka Natural Park will host a one-week workshop on the topics of conservation, land use and management, and the relationship between art and the task of preservationDecember 6, 2010 - Santiago, Chile – initiated by the curator Camila Marambio, in collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society Chile, Essay N°1 is a one-week workshop that will take place from February 14th to 21st, 2011 at Karukinka Natural Park, in the extreme localit...

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December 30, 2010

Photo Release: Polar Bears at WCS’s Central Park Zoo Find the New Year’s Day Swim at Coney Island a Little Silly

Message to Coney Island Polar Bear Club: THIS is how it’s done New York, NY, December 30, 2010- Just like the Coney Island Polar Bear Club, the real polar bears at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Central Park Zoo relish winter swims. The famous Central Park Zoo polar bears can be seen in the Polar Circle area of the zoo alongside a harbor seal, puffins, and three species of penguin. The Wildlife Conservation Society works around the globe to combat the effects of climate ch...

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December 22, 2010

Tis' the Season to be Woolly

WCS Scientist Dr. Joel Berger Discusses Preliminary Study Results on the Persistence of Musk Oxen NEW YORK (December 22, 2010) –Reindeer, also known as caribou in North America, may be flying high on the radar this time of year, but they’re not getting all of the attention. In a recent talk given at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Center for Global Conservation, WCS Conservationist Dr. Joel Berger discussed his latest findings on musk oxen persistence in Alaska. The focus of the...

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December 15, 2010

Media Availability: Endangered Species Act “Warranted but Precluded” Status Assigned to Wolverines

Media Availability: North American Program Director Jodi Hilty and Greater Yellowstone Wolverine Program Director Robert InmanElusive carnivore, the proverbial “canary in the coal mine” in the age of climate change NEW YORK (December 15, 2010) – In response to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) listing decision regarding wolverines under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) wolverine experts Jodi Hilty and Robert Inman are available to ...

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December 14, 2010

Musk Ox: The Pleistocene Relic in Our Backyard

Despite its low profile, the musk ox has persisted through the Pleistocene exinctions, outlasting the woolly mammoth and other prehistoric mammals. WCS Senior Scientist Joel Berger studies America’s least known large mammal and its unusual survival tactics.

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