As the namesake of a new species of Southeast Asian  bat, WCS's Joe Walston says that these winged mammals are the good guys of nature. Bug-eating bats aid in the pollination of plants and trees, and are the main consumer of crop pests and mosquitoes.

Balanced Approach to Leasing in NPR-A Must Consider Both Development and Wildlife Habitat Protection NEW YORK (November 1, 2011) – The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) broadly supports a balance between conservation and energy development in the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska (NPR-A), as outlined by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in its oil and gas leasing plan. In public comments delivered recently, WCS applauded proposed protections in the draf...

The reality for many of the real creatures we celebrate at Halloween is gloomy. In particular, three of its winged icons face more tricks than treats.

Wildlife Conservation Society photographs show energy development may “subsidize” predators of migratory birds in Arctic Alaska NEW YORK (October 26, 2011)—The Wildlife Conservation Society today released camera-trap photographs of “nest predators” (animals that prey upon the eggs and young of nesting birds) caught in the act of raiding nests in the Alaskan Arctic. The photos show – sometimes graphically – how the ground-nesting birds may be impacted by predators that benefit from h...

Arctic Alaska, famous for playing host to tens of thousands of migratory birds that come from around the world to breed and nest each summer, has also become a playground for predator species like Arctic foxes, ravens, gulls, and owls. WCS conservation biologist Joe Liebezeit researches and photographs the effects of a changing landscape on area wildlife.

“Walston’s tube-nosed bat” named after WCS Executive Director for Asia Program’s Joe Walston Walston recognized for his contribution to bat research and biodiversity in Vietnam and Cambodia WCS headquarters are based at the Bronx Zoo NEW YORK (October 25, 2011) – Call him Batman. The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Executive Director for Asia Programs Joe Walston has received an honor befitting of the Caped Crusader himself – a new...

“Insider’s Tour” gives a shark’s eye view of some of the aquarium’s most popular exhibits Sunday, Nov. 6; 10 – 11:30 a.m. Register now at: www.nyaquarium.comBrooklyn, N.Y. – Oct. 21, 2011 – The Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium is offering an opportunity for visitors to go behind the scenes of some of the most exciting animal exhibits in New York. The aquarium’s education staff will guide visitors through a one-of-a-kind “Insider’s Tour” on Sunday, Nov. 6, from 10 – 11:30...

In a recent study conducted in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park, WCS researchers have identified a record number of jaguars through a digital camera trap survey.

New digital cameras capture images of 19 individual jaguars i n Madidi National Park NEW YORK (October 19, 2011) – In a new camera trap survey in the world’s most biologically diverse landscape, researchers for the Wildlife Conservation Society have identified more individual jaguars than ever before. Using technology first adapted to identify tigers by stripe patterns, WCS conservationists have identified 19 individual jaguars by spot patterns in the rainforests o...

BROOKLYN, NY — On October 11, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. – 12 noon, the Brooklyn Post Office and the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park Zoo held a special unveiling ceremony to commemorate the stamp which is helping to save vanishing species 11-cents at a time — specifically tigers, African and Asian elephants, rhinos, great apes and marine turtles. The ceremony is being held at the Prospect Park Zoo, located at 450 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn NY. To commemorate the day, a pictorial cancellat...