Special Note: WCS’s Dr. Cristián Samper and Dr. Chris Walzer both were involved with the writing of this UN report: “a blueprint to tackle the climate, biodiversity and pollution emergencies.” For interviews with Dr. Samper or Dr. Walzer, please contact Mary Dixon at mdixon@wcs.org (+1 347-840-1242) or Stephen Sautner at ssautner@wcs.org (+1 908-247-2585)Ahead of the fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5), the UN Secretary-Genera...

A new study in the journal Diversity by researchers from Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute (AWI) and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) finds that bird communities in two rapidly developing rural landscapes react differently to increased “rural sprawl.”

The Converging Risks Lab of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) released a landmark report today, “The Security Threat That Binds Us: The Unraveling of Ecological and Natural Security and What the United States Can Do About It.

 Bronx, NY - Feb. 2, 2021 - The Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, Queens Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, and New York Aquarium will REOPEN on Wednesday, February 3. The WCS zoos and aquarium have been closed for two days due to the snowstorm. Normal operating hours will resume tomorrow.For more information and advance tickets, visit: BronxZoo.com NYAquarium.com CentralParkZoo.com ProspectParkZoo.com QueensZoo.com  

A global coalition of partners working in and with small-scale fisheries has launched the Small-Scale Fisheries Resource and Collaboration Hub, or SSF Hub, a multilingual, interactive online platform to strengthen small-scale fisheries governance and community development. 

 Due to the ongoing snowstorm, the Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, Queens Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, and New York Aquarium will remain CLOSED on Monday, February 1 and Tuesday, February 2.  A determination on Wednesday closures will be made on Tuesday. Additional updates will be provided to media as information is available.###

A statement is from John F. Calvelli, WCS Executive Vice President for Public Affairs of the Wildlife Conservation Society in support of reintroduction of a bipartisan bill in the U.S. Congress, which includes measures to prevent future zoonotic pandemics

A statement was issued today by the Wildlife Conservation Society in response to the Biden-Harris Administration’s Executive Orders to address the global climate crisis, protect the environment, and place science at the center of these solutions:

A team of marine scientists led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has confirmed that southern Africa’s most threatened endemic shark – the Critically Endangered shorttail nurse shark (Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum) – has been found to occur in Mozambique; a finding that represents a range extension of more than 2,000 kilometers (1,242 miles).

WCS Argentina recently delivered a new litter of specially trained livestock guardian dogs that work directly with herders to reduce conflict with pumas (Puma concolor) and other native carnivores living on the Patagonian steppe.