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Bronx, New York | October 12, 2026

WCS: Success at CBD CoP17 Must Be Measured by Results for Nature

Bronx, New York | October 12, 2026

BRONX, NY, October 12, 2026 — With just four years remaining to meet the world’s 2030 biodiversity targets, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) says success at.... Full Article

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Bronx, NY | Sep 30, 2026

Bronx Zoo Debuts New Snow Leopard Cub, Member of Elusive Species Threatened with Extinction

BRONX, N.Y. — September 30, 2026 — The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo is debuting a new female snow leopard cub...

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Bronx, NY | Sep 23, 2026

Biggest Ever Bat Genome and Fossil Study Reveal That Bats Originated in Europe

BRONX, NY (September 23, 2026)—Published today in Nature, an international team of 137 researchers from 64 countries, workin...

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Yerevan, Armenia | Oct 25, 2026
Taking on Sobering Findings at the UN Biodiversity Conference
Cobija , Bolivia | Oct 24, 2026
Bolivia Documents the Amazon River Dolphin for First Time
Vienna, Austria | Oct 23, 2026
WCS Welcomes Landmark UN Decision to Launch Negotiations of the First-ever International Agreement against Environmental Crime
Yerevan, Armenia | Oct 22, 2026
New Scientific Paper Calls on Governments to Prioritize Target 1 as Essential to Achieving Global Biodiversity Goals
Calabar, Nigeria | Oct 19, 2026
WCS and Hershey Launch Landmark Partnership to Protect Forest and Endangered Species and Improve Livelihoods in Key Nigerian Cocoa-Producing Area

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Op-Eds, Blogs & Podcasts

PBS Nature \| Oct 14, 2026 Connecting People and Nature in Guatemala: My Conservation Journey by Gabriela Ponce Santizo
Mongabay Newscast (Podcast) \| Oct 13, 2026 Solutions to the Risks Posed by the Global Pet Trade Could Be Enacted Quickly by Sue Lieberman
Forbes Belgium \| Oct 13, 2026 High Fens in Flames: Belgium Faces the Urgent Need for Coordinated Global Action by Arnaud Goessens

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WCS in the News

The Guardian Millions of dollars in funding but still no plan: can Quebec save its caribou from extinction?
The Guardian Otter spotted for first time in 100 years in New York City’s Bronx River
BBC Discover Wildlife Polar bear destroys almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it
Los Angeles Times Deadly screwworm threatens U.S. cattle herd as cases climb
The New York Times There’s a Bit of Good News for Coral Reefs
CNN Flesh-eating screwworm has reached the US — a comeback driven by organized crime

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