BRONX, NY, April 26, 2025 — More than 5,000 runners and walkers made tracks today to support the conservation of Critically Endangered Indian Gharial and other wildlife at the WCS Run for the Wild at the Bronx Zoo. The Wildlife Conservation Society’s run, in its 17th year, was sponsored by Montefiore Einstein. Since the run debuted at the Bronx Zoo in 2009, more than 85,000 people have participated. Each year, the WCS Run for the Wild is dedicated to an animal to rais...

BRONX, N.Y. , March 13, 2025 — Calling all runners, walkers and wildlife supporters: registration is now open for the Bronx Zoo’s annual WCS Run for the Wild. The 17th annual 5k run and 3k family fun run/walk will be held on Saturday, April 26 at the Bronx Zoo. This year’s event is inspired by the Indian gharial and will help support the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) work at the Bronx Zoo and around the world in protecting gharials and other wildlife. Indian gh...

BRONX, N.Y. — February 6, 2025 — A silvered langur baby, with a striking orange-colored coat, is debuting at the Bronx Zoo as it kicks off 2025. The silvered langur baby, born in November 2024, can now be seen by guests in the JungleWorld exhibit. The Bronx Zoo has one of the largest breeding groups of silvered langurs (Trachypithecus cristatus) in North America. There have been over 100 silvered langurs born at the Bronx Zoo since 1985 when JungleWorld opened. The Wildlife Conser...

BRONX, N.Y. – July 18, 2024 – Just in time for summer, a Matschie’s tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei) has made its first appearance at the Bronx Zoo. The joey, which was born at the end of December, recently emerged its head from its mother's pouch to make its public debut. This is the second of its species born at the Bronx Zoo and to this female since 2021. Like their kangaroo and wallaby marsupial cousins, the majority of a tree kangaroo joey’s physical deve...

Bronx, NY – April 30, 2022 – The event that marks the official start of spring/summer in New York City – The WCS Run for the Wild – returned to the Bronx Zoo today for the 14th consecutive year. Thousands ran, jogged, and walked through the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo in support of wildlife conservation. Each year the WCS Run for the Wild is dedicated to an animal in need of conservation support to raise awareness of threats they face. This year the...

Bronx, NY – April 29, 2022 – A Matschie’s tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei) born at the Bronx Zoo has started to emerge from its mother’s pouch, making its anticipated public debut. The joey is the first of its species born at the Bronx Zoo since 2008. Tree kangaroos are marsupials. Like their kangaroo and wallaby cousins, the majority of the newborn’s physical development occurs in the mother’s pouch. Internal gestation is only about 6 weeks. At birth,...

NEW YORK – December 20, 2021 – WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) released today its favorite images of 2021. Ten of the images come from WCS’s Bronx Zoo and other wildlife parks, and ten images are from WCS’s Global Conservation Programs taken by WCS staff working around the world. WCS operates five wildlife parks in New York City (Bronx Zoo, New York Aquarium, Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, and Queens Zoo) and works in nearly 60 countries and across the w...

New York, Oct. 22, 2021 -- The Wildlife Conservation Society is deeply saddened by the death of William G. Conway, who was with WCS for 43 years, starting in 1956 as assistant bird curator and retiring as its chief executive, President and General Director, in 1999. He died on Oct. 21, 2021. In 1961 at the age of 32, he was named the Director of the Bronx Zoo and by 1966 he had risen to General Director of the New York Zoological Society, the previous name of WCS. In 1992, he was appointed Pr...

WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) released today its favorite images of 2018. Ten of the images come from WCS’s Bronx Zoo (with one from the New York Aquarium), and ten images are from WCS’s Global Conservation Programs taken by WCS scientists working around the world. 

A Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) was spotted in Central Park in October and New Yorkers have been posting photos and noting sightings on social media ever since – New York is in love with this duck! The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which operates four zoos and an aquarium in New York City, has long since confirmed that the Mandarin duck spotted in Central Park and other locations around the city did not come from one of its zoos. For those who want a sure way to see a Mandarin duck, this same beautiful species can be observed at the Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, and Prospect Park Zoo.