News Releases

March 07, 2016

WCS Reboots Annual WCS Run for the Wild With New Prizes and Race Day Activities

Bronx, N.Y. – March 7, 2016 – The 2016 WCS Run for the Wild is scheduled for Saturday, April 30. Runners, walkers, and wildlife supporters are invited to participate in the 8th annual 5K race and family fun run/walk at the Bronx Zoo. Each year, WCS Run for the Wild is committed to raising awareness of the threats facing wildlife while raising money to help WCS conservation work at the Bronx Zoo and around the world. This year runners and walkers can choose to participate on behalf of whatever species most inspires them. Since its inception in 2009, more than 40,000 people have participated. Registration is now open and there are many ways to participate. Visit www.wcsrunforthewild.org.

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March 03, 2016

New Report Reveals Thriving Undocumented Ivory Market in Hawaii

March 3, 2016 – The online trade in ivory and related wildlife products is rampant in Hawaii, which remains one of the United States’ major markets for ivory, according to a new report by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Humane Society International (HSI), The Humane Society of the United States(HSUS), the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

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March 03, 2016

Central American Megaflyover to Measure Impacts of Humans & Cows in Largest Remaining Rainforests

March 3, 2016—With support from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have embarked on an ambitious plane-based survey to gauge the influence of humans and their livestock on the largest remaining forests in Central America.

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March 01, 2016

Vote for Critically Endangered Lemurs Of Madagascar in Online Contest

March 1, 2016—Want to help save two critically endangered lemur species in Madagascar with your smartphone or mouse? Here’s your chance to make a difference.

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February 26, 2016

WCS Welcomes the Adoption of EU Action Plan Against Wildlife Trafficking

The EU took a giant step today toward eliminating wildlife trafficking which is threatening species worldwide.

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February 25, 2016

New Bat Habitat Discovered in Western Alberta

Central Alberta (February 25, 2016) WCS Canada announced today the discovery of two bat hibernacula —places where bats hibernate during winter months—in the Alberta foothills. The discovery was made recently during Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Canada’s ongoing research as part of the BatCaver program (www.batcaver.org).

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February 25, 2016

WCS Statement on Cyclone in Fiji

Feb. 25, 2016 – The following statement was issued by Wildlife Conservation Society President and CEO Cristián Samper:

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February 24, 2016

Adult Male Gorillas Call More During Feeding Than Females, Juveniles

February 24, 2016 - Adult male gorillas in the wild ‘sing’ and ‘hum’ more during feeding than their younger or female counterparts, according to a study published today in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Eva Maria Luef and Simone Pika at the Humboldt Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany, and their colleague Thomas Breuer from the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York.

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February 18, 2016

WCS’s Prospect Park Zoo Debuts Bolivian Titi Monkeys

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Feb. 18, 2016 – Two Bolivian titi monkeys (Callicebus donacophilus) are making their public debut at WCS’s (Wildlife Conservation Society) Prospect Park Zoo.

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February 18, 2016

With Help, Tigers Clawing Back in Southeast Asia

February 18, 2016 – A new study by a team of Thai and international scientists finds that a depleted tiger population in Thailand is rebounding thanks to enhanced protection measures.

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