News Releases

July 21, 2016

WCS’s Prospect Park Zoo and Queens Zoo Launch New Educational Quests Program for Youth and Families

New York – July 21, 2016 – WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) scientists work in New York City and around the world to save wildlife. Now, children who visit WCS’s Prospect Park Zoo and Queens Zoo will delve into a conservation scientist’s work through the newly expanded WCS Quests experiential program.

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NY | July 20, 2016

NYA@Night Returns to WCS's New York Aquarium for "Boardwalk Brews"

Brooklyn, N.Y. – July 20, 2016 – NYA @ Night: Boardwalk Brews returns to WCS’s (Wildlife Conservation Society) New York Aquarium on Friday, July 29 from 7:30 to 11p.m.

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July 19, 2016

Statement by WCS New York Aquarium on Reports of Shark Sightings off Coney Island

NEW YORK (July 19, 2016) – The following statement is by Jon Forrest Dohlin, Vice President and Director of WCS’s New York Aquarium:

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July 18, 2016

TREASURE HUNTING TOOL: New Data Portal Helps Organize Scientific Literature on Linkages between Conserving Nature and Improving People’s Lives

A working group of the Science for Nature and People Partnership (SNAPP) launched a new online tool that will help policymakers and practitioners easily access and synthesize evidence from thousands of available datasets on human well-being and natural ecosystems to make better conservation decisions.

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July 18, 2016

New Study Finds That Expanding Development Is Associated With Declining Deer Recruitment Across Western Colorado

Fort Collins, Co. (July 18, 2016) A new study from Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and Colorado State University (CSU) shows that dramatic increases in residential and energy development is associated with declining early winter recruitment in western Colorado’s mule deer populations.

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July 18, 2016

WCS's Wild View Photo Blog Announces 2017 Calendar Photo Contest

Bronx, N.Y. - July 18, 2016 - WCS's (Wildlife Conservation Society) Wild View Photo Blog is hosting a photo contest for the 2017 Wild View Calendar. Everyone is invited to enter and submit their best photographs of animals at any of the five WCS wildlife parks in New York City: Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, New York Aquarium, Prospect Park Zoo, and Queens Zoo.

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July 14, 2016

New York’s Little Fishes Get Big Support from the Public

Brooklyn, N.Y. – July 14, 2016- More than 5,000 people took a stand to protect some little fishes and invertebrates that live right off the coast of New York, New Jersey, and the Mid Atlantic: Forage species including false albacore, sand lance, and krill. Forage species are a critical link in the healthy functioning of marine food webs in all coastal and ocean habitats of the Mid-Atlantic and around the world.

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July 13, 2016

Look WHO’s New at WCS’s Queens Zoo

Flushing, N.Y. – July 13, 2016– Three burrowing owl owlets (Athene cunicularia) have hatched at WCS’s (Wildlife Conservation Society) Queens Zoo.

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July 11, 2016

High-Tech Solution for India's Human-Wildlife Conflict

July 12, 2016 – A mobile technology initiative, WildSeve, is helping to address human-wildlife conflicts and has been implemented in 284 villages in India.

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July 07, 2016

Identidad Madidi Announces 1000 Confirmed Bird Species For Bolivia’s Madidi National Park

July 7, 2016 — WCS reports that the groundbreaking Bolivian scientific expedition, Identidad Madidi, has confirmed the 1,000th bird species in Madidi National Park, one of the world’s most biodiverse protected areas and a mecca of bird life.

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