WCS connects people to nature at the New York zoos and aquarium. WCS, the “W” logo, WE STAND FOR WILDLIFE, I STAND FOR WILDLIFE, and STAND FOR WILDLIFE are service marks of Wildlife Conservation ...

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Climate change is among the greatest challenges of our time, with devastating impacts for people and biodiversity across the globe. WCS’s Forest and Climate Change Program works on innovative ...

The savannas, forests, and wetlands of the Sudano-Sahel region form the core belt of the Sudano-Sahelian zone, supporting key populations of endangered savanna and forest elephant, northern giraffe ...

We are protecting regions that are biologically outstanding and where the long-term conservation of species and ecological processes is viable.

A dorado catfish travels about 11,000 kilometers during its life--almost the entire width of South America. This includes the distance it descends as larvae and as a young adult looking to spawn. The ...

As human beings, we connect to nature with a force as strong as the pull of gravity. We depend on nature. Zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, national parks, the conservation movement—indeed, the ...

“The world’s biodiversity is facing threats from all angles. Wilderness areas are vanishing and fauna and flora species are facing extinction like never before. The team at WCS is relentless in its ...

Right now, WCS conservationists are working on the ground around the world to save some of the most spectacular and imperiled wildlife on the planet. We need your help to continue this important work.

Our goal is to conserve the world's largest wild places in 14 priority regions, habitat for around 50% of the world’s biodiversity and a wide range of charismatic megafauna.

The giant Ibis went unrecorded for more than 50 years until it was rediscovered by WCS in 1993. The Critically Endangered giant ibis is the largest ibis in the world, twice the size of the second ...

Founded in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society, the Wildlife Conservation Society was one of the first conservation organizations in the U.S. The Society began with a clear mandate: Advance ...