NEW YORK, NY, September 4, 2025 — The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) today announced its top priorities for the IUCN World Conservation Congress to be held October 9–15, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. A strong WCS delegation of scientists and policy experts will advance key conservation priorities, including international wildlife trade, One Health, nature crime, synthetic biology, and the need for renewed global environmental cooperation. WCS will also back t...

BRONX, N.Y. — Sept. 4, 2025 — Halloween magic returns to the Bronx Zoo this fall as Boo at the Zoo, a beloved family tradition for decades, brings exciting new experiences to guests of all ages. Running weekends from Sept. 27 through Oct. 26, plus Monday, Oct. 13, this daytime Halloween celebration combines seasonal festivities with incredible animals throughout the 265-acre park. This year’s expanded celebration introduces exciting new elements, including an impressive pump...

Bamingui-Bangoran National Park, Central African Republic, August 28, 2025 --  For decades, lions in the North-Eastern Central African Republic have been on the brink, their numbers diminished by persecution, poaching, and insecurity. Since 2019, monitoring by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) had revealed only males, raising fears that breeding females—and with them, the possibility of a population recovery—had vanished from the region. Today, that fear has given ...

New York, NY, August 13, 2025—In a historic milestone nearly 18 years in the making, the Philippines has officially designated Bitaug Marine Protected Area (MPA), now the largest MPA in Siquijor and covering 149.46 hectares (about 370 acres, or 1.5 km2) of vibrant coastal oceans. The MPA designation reflects years of participatory planning and consultations, community leadership, and support from a huge variety of agencies and NGO partners like WCS. Bitaug is home to climate-resili...

New York, NY, August 8, 2025—The following statement was released today by Sushil Raj and Dawa Yangi Sherpa of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS); Myrna Cunningham of the Pawanka Fund; and Roberto Múkaro Agüeibaná Borrero of the Inclusive Conservation Academy: In the face of accelerating biodiversity loss and the climate crisis, we are searching for ways to renew and restore our broken connection with nature. In this quest we are witnessing increased recognition of the wisdom ...

BRONX, N.Y. — Aug. 7, 2025 — The Bronx Zoo has re-imagined its nighttime family-friendly Halloween spectacular with Harvest Glow. This enchanting after-hours autumn celebration is now bigger than ever with new activities and entertainment. Harvest Glow runs Thursdays through Sundays from Sept. 25 to Oct. 31, 2025. Families are invited to journey through an immersive, animal-themed jack-o’-lantern trail where the wonders of the nocturnal world, from Arctic wolves to biolumine...

Bamingui-Bangoran National Park, Central African Republic, August 7, 2025—The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has captured camera trap evidence of an adult female lion in North-Eastern Central African Republic (NCAR) for the first time in six years. The photo, recorded in Bamingui-Bangoran National Park, provides the first confirmation of a lioness in the population since WCS began its extensive monitoring efforts in the region. The discovery marks a critical milestone in the rec...

Coney Island, NY, Aug. 6, 2025—New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Amanda Lefton joined the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society (AMSEAS), elected officials, and environmental leaders to release a rehabilitated Kemp’s ridley sea turtle back into the Atlantic Ocean outside the New York Aquarium. The event celebrated the New York State Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) that helps protect and restore the health of the state’s ocean and coasts. ...

New York, NY, August 4, 2025 — A groundbreaking study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the University of Florida has affirmed the largest known aggregation of freshwater turtles on Earth. The research used drones and innovative modeling to count over 41,000 Giant South American River Turtles (Podocnemis expansa) during a 12-day nesting season along the Amazon’s Guaporé River, also known as the Inténez River. The study, published in the Journal of Appli...

Coney Island, Embargoed Til 10:30am EDT Aug. 6, 2025  --  New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Amanda Lefton will help release an endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle into the Atlantic Ocean along the beach outside the New York Aquarium on Wednesday, Aug. 6. The turtle, named Elton, was recovered from a Massachusetts beach, in December 2024 and transported to the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society (AMSEAS) for rehabilitation. The turtle was col...