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 ...

A Strategy Based on Strengths Our 2020 strategic plan builds on a proud history that begins with the founding of the New York Zoological Society (NYZS) in 1895. The NYZS founders envisioned an ...

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.

Adam Falk is President and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society starting on July 1, 2025. In this role, Falk oversees five zoological parks in New York City, including the Bronx Zoo, Central Park ...

Adam Falk is President and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society, starting on July 1, 2025. In this role, Falk oversees five zoological parks in New York City, including the Bronx Zoo, Central Park ...

Hudson Canyon The U.S. Federal Government is considering naming the largest submarine canyon along the Atlantic Coast a National Marine Sanctuary. It's a once-in-a-generation opportunity to support ...

Community Engagement: WCS has strong, longstanding relationships with governments, Indigenous People, local communities, the private sector, and funders Conservation Planning: WCS has the science and ...

Andean Bears are very reclusive by nature and rarely seen in the wild, making species monitoring and evaluation a difficult task. Currently the bear is listed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened ...

Saving Wild Places Over the past century, WCS has established long-term conservation presence in the last wild places across the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania, built strong and trusting ...

Ensure Any Hunting of Big Cats' Prey Species is Legal and Sustainable Critical to saving big cats is to conserve their prey. In areas where all hunting is illegal, such as most protected areas, ...

Welcome! The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is committed to fair, open, and ethical practices to procure the goods and services required for its global operations, in order to comply with ...

Hiking in the hills of northern Pakistan in the 1970s, WCS Senior Conservationist George Schaller spotted a snow leopard some 150 feet away. "Wisps of clouds swirled around," he later wrote in Stones ...