WCS is evaluating whether forest fragmentation and other land-use changes make wildlife species, as well as livestock more susceptible to infectious diseases NEW YORK (March 23, 2011)—Veterinarians from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the State Institute of Animal Health (IAGRO) in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil have conducted one of the first health assessments of white-lipped peccaries (medium-sized pig-like animals) in Brazil’s Pantanal. The study was an effort to gauge the impact of Lepto...

Wildlife Conservation Society introduces “Birds of Brazil” book series First edition highlights birds in threatened Pantanal and Cerrado ecosystems NEW YORK (March 23, 2011)—The job of promoting conservation in the most biodiverse nation in the world is for the birds, according to the authors of a new bird guide produced by the Wildlife Conservation Society, Cornell University Press, and Editora Horizonte in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Published in Portuguese and En...

WCS has developed a stress test to map out which coral reefs will have the best chance of surviving through the climate change era.

WCS researchers urge protection and management for Indian Ocean coral reefs most likely to persist into future“Stress Test” creates hope for one of the world’s centers of marine biodiversity NEW YORK (March 22, 2011)—Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society have developed a “stress test” for coral reefs as a means of identifying and prioritizing areas that are most likely to survive bleaching events and other climate change factors.  The researchers say that these “reefs of hope” are p...

Four bleating babies debut at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Central Park Zoo Mini-Nubian goat kids take over Tisch Children’s Zoo New York, NY – March 22, 2011 – The Tisch Children’s Zoo at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Central Park Zoo has some new additions: four baby mini-Nubian goats. The four youngsters, which include a set of twins, were born in late February and early March. They can be seen playing in their exhibit where they climb ...

Wildlife Conservation Society and partners find endangered cat species beyond the mountains in Patagonian steppe NEW YORK (March 16, 2011)—Once thought to exclusively inhabit its namesake mountain range, the threatened Andean cat—a house cat-sized feline that resembles a small snow leopard in both appearance and habitat—also frequents the Patagonian steppe at much lower elevations, according to a new study published by the Wildlife Conservation Society and partners. ...

A WCS survey finds an endangered Andean cat population living lower than ever, down from the Andes Mountains and onto the Patagonian Steppe.

A group from the American Jewish-Italian Jewish High School Youth Exchange Program, which includes Jewish students from Rome and from the U.S., stand in front of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo’s historic Fountain Circle during a visit to the zoo on Tuesday, March 15, 2011. The recently restored fountain once stood in Como, Italy. The group represents a joint effort between the World Jewish Congress, Jewish Community of Italy, the American Rabbinate, and the Italian Foreign Ministr...

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