Photo Credit: Julie Larsen Maher © Wildlife Conservation Society Owls and other nocturnal animals welcome Winter Solstice New York, Dec. 20, 2010 – Winter Solstice is the official start of winter and the shortest day of the year, but for the snowy owl at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo the conditions don’t get any better. Hedwig, the Bronx Zoo’s snowy owl, resides at the zoo’s Birds of Prey exhibit. Snowy owls are typically found in the Arctic. T...

Media Availability: North American Program Director Jodi Hilty and Greater Yellowstone Wolverine Program Director Robert InmanElusive carnivore, the proverbial “canary in the coal mine” in the age of climate change NEW YORK  (December 15, 2010) – In response to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) listing decision regarding wolverines under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) wolverine experts Jodi Hilty and Robert Inman are available to ...

Adoption of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) mechanism will help spur further action to conserve world's forests WCS: Much more work to be done in Durban NEW YORK (December 14, 2010) – Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) climate policy experts praised the agreement reached at the United Nations climate change talks in Cancún, Mex...

WCS calls for increased protection of refuge’s coastal plain WCS’s George Schaller conducted original field surveys that led to the refuge’s creation in 1960   NEW YORK (December 6, 2010) – The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge today by calling for permanent protection of the refuge’s coastal plain. WCS’s George Schaller was one of the first to survey the refuge more than five de...

As the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge celebrates its 50^th anniversary, WCS calls for the coastal plain’s permanent protection from energy development.

As negotiators from around the world gather for the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference, WCS climate policy experts are urging progress on the strategy known as REDD+, or Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation.

Will the Cancún climate talks lead to a concrete commitment to REDD+? Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) is a key component in any climate agreement Wildlife Conservation Society: Talks need to result in a REDD+ decision NEW YORK  (December 3, 2010) – Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) climate policy experts are available to comment on current efforts to agree on a global solution to climate change as ...

WCS researchers see drops in wildlife numbers as climate change causes Amazonian rivers to run low.

Low water levels threaten river dolphins, fish species, and macaws NEW YORK (November 12, 2010) – A wide range of wildlife – from pink river dolphins to macaws – are being adversely affected by the worst drought on record gripping the Peruvian Amazon, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which is monitoring Peru’s Samiria River.   WCS researchers are working with local communities in the 7,700-square-mile Pacaya Samiria National Reserve to observe how changes in water...

Aquarium keeper acts as a surrogate mother to abandoned pup View the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NBQ_U0wojU Brooklyn, New York – Oct. 29, 2010 – The Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium is happy to announce that Tazo, an orphaned northern sea otter pup found stranded this summer in Homer, Alaska, is doing extremely well in his home at the aquarium and is almost ready to go on exhibit to meet the public. Tazo was separated fr...