The LaMattina Wildlife Ambassador Center and Special Care Unit of the Global Center for Wildlife will help WCS continue its mission of connecting people to nature and ensuring exemplary care for animals.

Both facilities are part of the C.V. Starr Science Campus at the Bronx Zoo. Bronx, NY – Oct. 6, 2010 – The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo today celebrated the groundbreaking of the LaMattina Wildlife Ambassador Center and a Special Care Unit of the Global Center for Wildlife Health – two facilities that will help WCS continue its long tradition of connecting people to nature and ensuring exemplary care for animals. The LaMattina Wildlife Ambassa...

Groundbreaking for The LaMattina Wildlife Ambassador Center and the Special Care Unit of the Global Center for Wildlife Health Both facilities are part of the C.V. Starr Science Campus at the Bronx Zoo Wednesday, October 6th, 10 a.m ., Media Arrival: 9:30 a.m. Bronx, NY – Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010 – The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo...

Photo confirms second beaver living in the Bronx River near the WCS’s Bronx Zoo Bronx, NY – Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 – The community has voted and the second newly discovered beaver in the Bronx River has a name – Justin Beaver. Last week, the Wildlife Conservation Society announced the discovery of a second beaver living in the Bronx River and decided to let the community vote on a name. As it t...

Official unveiling of the Flooded Forest Exhibit Monday, Oct. 4, 2010 , 8:30 a.m.   New York, NY – Thursday, September 30, 2010 – The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park Zoo is hosting a breakfast to celebrate community partnerships.   These community collaborations have helped make WCS’s Prospect Park Zoo an important cultural partner in the borough of Brooklyn and a valued institution for the community. As a member of the Heart of Brooklyn cultural c...

The Tsimané Mosetene Regional Council, WCS’s local partner in the montane rainforests of Bolivia, received the award at a ceremony held on September 20 in New York, honoring its efforts to reduce poverty through sustainable development and biodiversity conservation.

Leo The Snow Leopard: The True Story of an Amazing Rescue A children’s book that appeals to animal lovers of all ages Signing at Central Park Zoo follows author’s appearance at Ultimate Block Party in Central Park Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010, 2:30 p.m.  New York, NY – date – The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Central Park Zoo is hosting author New York Times bestselling author Craig Hatkoff for the debut and signing of his latest non-fiction children’s pictur...

Tiger Mountain exhibit at Bronx Zoo transformed to show both Amur and Malayan tigers side-by-side Exhibit educates millions of visitors each year about plight of wild tigers Tigers are critically endangered with fewer than 3,500 remaining in the wild   View the videos: Malayan cubs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysx5vi4fZ_Y Amur cubs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-KNDaqdrvE Bronx, NY – Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010 – The popular Tiger Mountain exhibit at the Wildlife Conservati...

Indigenous Council Receives Prestigious Equator Prize 2010 at New York Award Ceremony NEW YORK (September 29, 2010) – The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) applauds the selection of their local partner in the montane rainforests of Bolivia—the Consejo Regional Tsimané Mosetene (Tsimané Mosetene Regional Council—CRTM)—as a winner of the prestigious Equator Prize 2010, an honor bestowed on 25 local communities working to reduce poverty through sustainable development and the conserv...

Save the Date: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5th, 11:00 AM Will Georgia Soon Get Its Peaches from Upstate New York? Is Climate Change Spreading Disease in the Northeaster U.S.?  Can the Adirondacks Lead an Energy Independence Revolution and Save Money Doing It? The answers may surprise you… Join Wildlife Conservation Society Scientist Jerry Jenkins for an online presentation as he discusses the answers to these questions and the findings o...