In a new op-ed for the New York Daily News, WCS's Pat Thomas writes that the Bronx Zoo is extremely pleased to be a part of a second wave of bison conservation work focused on ensuring that our national mammal will continue to thrive in the American West long into the future.

As the global community moves towards a goal of conserving at least 30% of the planet by 2030, conversations and solutions must center the science and voices of Indigenous peoples, write WCS's Sushil Raj and Madhu Rao. This means working with Indigenous peoples to incorporate their values and inherent rights as resource-holders and stewards into every step of the process.

In a new comment for Nature, WCS's Sue Lieberman and colleagues argue that for around US$20 billion per year, the likelihood of spillover could be greatly reduced. This is the amount needed to halve global deforestation in hotspots for emerging infectious diseases; drastically curtail and regulate trade in wildlife; and greatly improve the ability to detect and control infectious diseases in farmed animals.

In a new essay for PBS Nature celebrating Asian and Pacific Island Heritage Month, WCS's Sue Chin discusses how design and integrated content and messaging contribute to inspiring people to care about nature and animals with the ultimate goal of creating advocates for conservation.

This Mother’s Day, the Wildlife Conservation Society and GirlTrek are coming together to promote tangible steps everyone can take to protect nature. Read the essay by WCS’s Natalie Cash and GirlTrek’s Vanessa Garrison.

As we make our way back to pre-pandemic life, says WCS Canada's Dan Kraus, it is important that we continue to foster these connections to nature. Because ecological distancing is taking a toll on our health and our planet.

WCS Canada's Matt Scrafford joins the Canadian Broadcasting Corp's "Superior Morning" podcast to discuss how climate change is impacting wolverines and their habitats.

WCS's Sue Lieberman and colleagues argue in a new commentary that "embedding socio-economic factors in CITES listing criteria would disrupt the scientific basis of the listing process without truly addressing the economic inequalities and inequities of the wildlife trade."

WCS's John Calvelli encourages participation in the Wild For All campaign to "explore the natural beauty of your own neighborhood and think about how it connects to the larger goal of protecting the integrity and biodiversity of life on our planet."

For the Brave New Women podcast, WCS's Natalia Rossi describes her work as a woman in conservation and particularly with crocodiles. From surveying nesting sites to jumping out of boats to capture crocodiles in nets at night, her job is definitely not for the faint-hearted!

America has vast natural resources, says WCS's Eric Sanderson for the Forbes "Futures in Focus" podcast, but the way we pay, extract and use them has to shift radically. We cannot change the laws of physics, but we can change human laws.

Ontario will only be able to boast an environmentally responsible mining sector if mining projects are based on a careful assessment of net benefits and impacts," write WCS's Constance O'Connor and Justina Ray in an opinion for Northern Ontario Business, adding, "A solid scientific assessment of risks and benefits, and an equitable process with First Nations that respects their jurisdiction, is the only credible recipe for success."

"We know the best practices to avoid the next pandemic," writes WCS's Chris Walzer in a new op-ed for The Revelator. "Recognizing and valuing the foundational importance of intact and resilient environments, stopping deforestation, limiting land-use change, and eliminating the commercial live animal trade for consumption will be critical to our future health and wellbeing. Let’s make these our urgent priorities."

“Conservation is like many other industries when it comes to technology investments," writes WCS's Jonathan Palmer. The key, he says, is to understand where and when to identify scalable use cases with clear value propositions.

In a new commentary for Mongabay, WCS's David Wilkie and Heidi Kretser argue with colleagues that talking about failed conservation efforts does not happen often enough in ways that promote shared learning within organizations.

In a new blog for PBS Nature for Women's History Month, WCS Thailand's Joob Jornbuom writes, "Working with WCS for more than 10 years has provided me with a strong grounding in conservation and science. During Women’s History Month I think about the women who have served as role models in earlier generations."