New York, NY — October 23, 2025 — The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has been selected as one of fifteen global teams awarded funding through the Bezos Earth Fund’s AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge, receiving up to $2 million to scale artificial intelligence solutions that address the world’s most pressing environmental challenges — from biodiversity loss and food insecurity to climate change.  WCS will use artificial intelligence and...

DHAKA, BANGLADESH (Oct. 23, 2025) – The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and WorldFish have received a $5.5 million grant from the Blue Action Fund to launch Sustho Sagor (“Healthy Ocean”), a landmark initiative to expand Bangladesh’s Marine Protected Area network and safeguard more than 12,700 km² (just bigger than all of Jamaica) of critical marine habitat across the Bay of Bengal. Over five years, the project will strengthen protection for the...

SUVA, FIJI, October 21, 2025 - A new study led by WCS, University of the South Pacific, and partners has found that coral reefs in Fiji showed remarkable resilience after being battered by Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Winston in 2016. Despite losing more than half of their hard coral cover on average, reefs rebounded within four years, reassembling to nearly their pre-cyclone condition. The study, out now in Coral Reefs, analyzed 18 reef sites across two large barrier reef systems in...

NEW YORK, NY, October 21, 2025 – A new study led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) finds that artificial intelligence (AI) models are providing more accurate and more hopeful predictions for the future of coral reefs amid climate change. Findings show that while many reefs face serious risks and degradation, others may remain stable or even recover, especially where local management reduces pressures like overfishing, water pollution, and coastal degradation. Out now in th...

BRONX, NY – October 21, 2025 – Today, the Bronx Zoo announced the return of its spectacular float, Wondrous World of Wildlife, in the 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade® on Thursday, November 27th. The float features representations of the iconic animals and Beaux-Arts architecture that Bronx Zoo visitors know and love, plus the added glow of new festive lighting – kicking off the countdown to the Bronx Zoo’s magical winter season and highly-anticipated Holiday...

ABU DHABI, October 15, 2025 — The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) today celebrated the highly successful IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi—and the adoption of key decisions to help guide conservation policy and action for the future of nature and people. There was pivotal progress at the IUCN Congress, the world’s largest convening of conservation practitioners, on such issues as ecological integrity; the pet trade crisis; synthetic biology in conservation; c...

Abu Dhabi, UAE – October 14, 2025 — The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) congratulates Dr. John G. Robinson on being named an Honorary Member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) — one of the Union’s highest distinctions — in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to global conservation science, policy, and leadership. The Honorary Membership of IUCN is presented by the World Conservation Congress, on the recommendation of the I...

ABU DHABI, October 14 , 2025 — The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) today hailed the adoption of Motion 87, supporting the responsible, evidence-based use of synthetic biology, at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi as a historic milestone for global conservation policy.  Dr. Susan Lieberman, WCS Vice President of International Policy, said the decision “comes after an intense debate and nearly eight years of discussions — and represents the right ...

(Above: WCS’s Dr. John Robinson, a member of the 10-Year Strategic Vision Steering Committee, helped present the vision to the Member’s Assembly today. Photo: WCS) Abu Dhabi, UAE, 13 October 2025—The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) welcomes the adoption today of IUCN’s 20-Year Strategic Vision, Unite for Nature: On the Path to 2045. This landmark framework reflects a shared global commitment to conserve nature, strengthen resilience, and ensure that biodi...

Abu Dhabi, Oct. 13, 2025 –  The IUCN World Conservation Congress has adopted Motion 108, calling for the creation of urgently needed global guidelines to help countries manage the commercial trade in wild animals kept as pets. Around the world, millions of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates are taken from the wild every year to feed the pet trade—leaving forests and grasslands silent and stripped of vital pollinators, seed dispersers, and predators. ...