CONEY ISLAND, N.Y. — March 26, 2026 — A Critically Endangered African penguin is debuting at WCS New York Aquarium. The juvenile penguin has joined his parents and other penguins at the New York Aquarium’s Sea Cliffs habitat, home to a total of 37 African penguins. He weighed about 3.4 kilograms at just over three months old. The male chick weighed 63.2 grams when he hatched on December 4. The aquarium’s animal keepers tracked developmental benchmarks as t...

CAMPO GRANDE, Brazil (March 24 2026) — The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is calling for urgent international action at the 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS CoP15) to protect the striped hyena, a species facing increasing threats and a steady global decline. WCS is urging Parties to support the proposal to include the striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) on both Appendix I and Appendix II of ...

CAMPO GRANDE, BRAZIL, March 23, 2026—The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is supporting a proposal to secure for this endangered species the highest level of protection under CMS while strengthening international cooperation across its range in the Amazon, Orinoco, and Pantanal river basins. Proposal 30.2.3 would list the giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) on both Appendix I and Appendix II of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), as go...

BRONX, N.Y. — March 18, 2026 — Calling all runners, walkers, and wildlife advocates: registration is now open for the Bronx Zoo’s 18th annual WCS Run for the Wild, to be held on Saturday, April 25 at the Bronx Zoo. This year’s WCS Run for the Wild is dedicated to the Endangered red panda and will support the WCS’s mission to save wildlife and wild places across the globe. Register here to participate in the 18th annual WCS Run for the Wild now and help make trac...

Bronx, NY, March 11, 2026 — The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo is caring for a red fox, a male estimated at 2 years of age, that was discovered as a stowaway aboard a ship arriving at the Port of New York and New Jersey from Southampton, England. The animal was detected among the ship’s cargo and safely secured by United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP). CBP coordinated with government wildlife officials to ensure the fox, which weighs about 11 poun...

New York, March 9, 2026 – Wildlife Conservation Society invites New Yorkers to celebrate Earth Week at its second annual REEL WILD™ New York Film Festival featuring award-winning films from independent filmmakers all over the globe – with additional programming from Disneynature and Emmy-nominated Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild – that bring the wonders of wildlife and nature to the big screen. This ...

BRONX, NY, March 5, 2026—A new episode of the WCS Wild Audio podcast examines the challenges facing migratory wildlife worldwide and previews the upcoming 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS CoP15), to be held March 23–29 in Campo Grande, Brazil. WCS scientists and policy experts will be available to journalists covering the meeting. In the 12-minute episode, Amy Fraenkel, Executive Secretary of the CMS Sec...

QUITO, ECUADOR, March 4, 2026—Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment and Energy, (MAE) has officially recognized the Llanganates–Yasuní Altitudinal Connectivity Corridor as a Special Conservation Area through Ministerial Agreement MAATE-2025-0065-A. Covering approximately 2,159 square kilometers, the corridor connects the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes with the Amazonian forests of the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, marking a significant milestone for biodiversity conservation and susta...