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KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo | June 09, 2021

New Study Offers Hope for Critically Endangered Gorillas in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

A new study led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has updated the global population estimate for the Critically Endangered Grauer’s gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri) – the world’s largest gorilla subspecies– to 6,800 individuals from a previous global estimate of 3,800 individuals.

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NEW YORK, NY | June 08, 2021

WCS Launches New 10-Year Strategy to Save Imperiled Sharks and Rays

On World Oceans Day, WCS is launching a new 10-year strategy to save the oceans’ remaining sharks and rays in 10 unique shark hotspots around the world.

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MAROANTSETRA, Madagascar | May 13, 2021

How widespread is lemur and fossa meat consumption?

A new study by WCS looks at the prevalence of human consumption of lemur and fossa (Madagascar’s largest predator) in villages within and around Makira Natural Park, northeastern Madagascar, providing up-to-date estimates of the percentage of households who eat meat from these protected species.

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BONN, Germany | May 06, 2021

Hoofed Migration: New Science Study Chronicles World’s Great Overland Mammal Migrations

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) along with an international team of more than 90 scientists and conservationists have created the first-ever global atlas of ungulate (hooved mammal) migrations, working in partnership with the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), a UN treaty.

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NEW YORK, NY | April 21, 2021

WCS Statement on Eve of Earth Day 2021

The following statement was issued today by the Wildlife Conservation Society on the eve of Earth Day 2021 and the Biden-Harris Leaders Summit on Climate, April 22 and 23.

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BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo | April 19, 2021

Who is Selling and Trafficking Africa’s Wild Meat?

A new study classifies different types of wildlife traffickers and sellers in two of Central Africa’s growing urban centers, providing new insight into the poorly understood urban illegal wildlife trade

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LIBREVILLE, Gabon | April 15, 2021

Forest Elephants are Now Critically Endangered – Here’s How to Count Them (English and French)

A team of scientists led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and working closely with experts from the Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux du Gabon (ANPN) compared methodologies to count African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis), which were recently acknowledged by IUCN as a separate, Critically Endangered species from African savannah elephants.

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina | April 15, 2021

Mercado Libre and Wildlife Conservation Society form a partnership to protect wildlife in Latin America

Mercado Libre and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have entered into a cooperation agreement with the aim of combating wildlife trafficking.

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DAVIS, California | April 05, 2021

Ranking Virus Spillover Risk

SpillOver, a new web application developed by scientists at the University of California, Davis, and contributed to by experts from all over the world including WCS, ranks the risk of wildlife-to-human spillover for newly-discovered viruses.

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NEW YORK, NY | April 01, 2021

African Elephants’ Range is Just 17 Percent of What it Could be, Study Finds

A study reported in the journal Current Biology on April 1 has both good news and bad news for the future of African elephants.

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