Dr. Cristián Samper, Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, will lead WCS starting August 1, 2012. Dr. Samper follows Dr. Steven E. Sanderson, who retires after a decade of renewing WCS parks, expanding global conservation efforts, and successful financial planning.

Dr. Cristián Samper, Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, to Lead WCS Starting August 1, 2012 Dr. Samper follows Dr. Steven E. Sanderson who retires after a decade of renewing WCS parks, expanding global conservation efforts, and successful financial planningBronx, New York (January 23, 2012) – The Wildlife Conservation Society announced today that Dr. Cristián Samper, Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, has been ...

El Dr. Cristián Samper, Director del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Smithsonian Institution encabezará WCS a partir del 1ero de agosto, 2012 El Dr. Samper sigue los pasos del Dr. Steven E. Sanderson, quien se retira luego de una década de renovación de los parques de WCS, expansión de los esfuerzos de conservación globales, y una exitosa planificación financiera Bronx, Nueva York (23 de enero, 2012) – La Sociedad para la Conservación de la Vida Silvestre (WCS por sus siglas en ing...

Dr. Graham, director of WCS’s Gulf and Caribbean sharks and rays program, receives one of the world’s most prestigious prize for grassroots nature conservation. The award recognizes her work to implement a national action plan for sharks and get more local people actively involved in protecting ocean wildlife and coastal biodiversity.

Photo Credit: Judith Wolfe © Wildlife Conservation Society See the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijhYVDNMe7k Three young, playful mountain coatimundi have a new home in the Tropic Zone exhibit at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Central Park Zoo.  Mountain coatis live in large groups in the mountains of Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. They have long, flexible noses for sniffing and rooting out food from fallen leaves in the forest and they hold their striped tails up in the ...

Four conservationists working on WCS-supported projects in South America’s last wild places have earned Whitley awards for their efforts to find win-win solutions for people and wildlife.