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NEW YORK, N.Y. | June 13, 2019

Wildlife Conservation Society Molecular Biologist Tracie Seimon Participates in Trailblazing National Geographic and Rolex Expedition to Mt. Everest

From April to June 2019, an international team of scientists, climbers and storytellers, led by the National Geographic Society and Tribhuvan University and supported in partnership with Rolex, conducted a scientific expedition to Mount Everest, believed to be the most comprehensive single scientific expedition to the mountain in history.

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RANGON, Myanmar | June 04, 2019

Frogs Find Refuge in Elephant Tracks

Frogs need elephants. That’s what a new WCS-led study says that looked at the role of water-filled elephant tracks in providing predator-free breeding grounds and pathways connecting frog populations.

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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia | June 03, 2019

Cambodia’s Bengal Florican population declines, but conservation can save it

Cambodia’s population of Bengal florican has sharply declined since 2012 according to a recent survey conducted by Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Cambodia’s and Ministry of Environment.

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Kuching, Malaysia | May 23, 2019

WCS Malaysia Lauds Sarawak State Government for Commitment to Protect Luconia Shoals

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Malaysia Program (WCS Malaysia) lauds the Sarawak Government for gazetting Luconia Shoals as a marine national park effective 18 October last year and formally published in the Sarawak Gazette on 17 January 2019. Located in the South China Sea over the Sunda Continental Shelf in the Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone, Luconia Shoals is the largest marine national park in the country at over 1 million hectares.

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NEW YORK, N.Y. | April 17, 2019

Wildlife Conservationists Remain Steadfast In Efforts To Prevent Extinction of the Giant Yangtze Soft Shell Turtle

Steadfast efforts continue to prevent the extinction of the Giant Yangtze Soft Shell Turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), even with the news that the last known female of the species died on Saturday, April 13, 2019.

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SUZHOU, China | April 15, 2019

Concerning Efforts to Prevent the Extinction of the Giant Yangtze Soft Shell Turtle

The last known female Giant Yangtze Soft Shell Turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) died on Saturday, April 13, 2019, during recovery from anesthesia after an artificial insemination procedure in Suzhou, China.

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GOROKA, Papua New Guinea | March 21, 2019

Manus Island Indigenous Communities Renew Conservation Agreements to Protect Their Forests

Fifty-two clans on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (PNG), recently renewed conservation agreements to protect 43,000 Hectares of their forested land areas.

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BANGALORE, India | March 04, 2019

Protected Areas Hold Hope for the Endangered Dhole

Loss of forest cover and livestock grazing activity are affecting dhole populations in Karnataka's Western Ghats.

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NEW YORK, NY | January 16, 2019

New WCS Study Says Urbanization May Hold Key to Tiger Survival

A new WCS-led study published in the journal Biological Conservation says the future of tigers in Asia is linked the path of demographic transition—for humans.

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KUCHING, Sarawak, Malaysia | January 15, 2019

Old Math Counts New Orangutans

A mathematical theorem formulated in the 1700s has been used by scientists for the first time to accurately count critically endangered Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in the Malaysian state of Sarawak.

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