New York, April 16, 2025-- It may take 100 years for the southern elephant seal colony of Península Valdés in Argentine Patagonia to look like it did in 2022. A study published in Marine Mammal Science has projected population trajectories after the 2023 epidemic of the High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza H5N1 virus, which killed almost all newborn pups and an unknown number of adults.  Had the episode killed only pups, the future population could recover to 2022 ...

Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, April 16, 2025 –  A scientific paper recently published reveals that soil scratching by gorillas in Congo’s Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park is a foraging strategy to access a species of deer truffle, identified as Elaphomyces labyrinthinus, and not insects, as long assumed. These findings were developed by Gaston Abea, who became the first Indigenous Person in Ndoki to become the lead author of a peer-reviewed scientific paper.  ...

Geneva, April 13, 2025 – The historic finalization of a groundbreaking International Agreement on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response took another positive step here on Saturday. The parties reached an agreement on principles and on Tuesday they are expected to finalize it before the World Health Assembly adopts the agreement when they convene May 19-27th. Dr. Chris Walzer, Wildlife Conservation Society’s Executive Director of Health, said: "Reaching this s...

BRONX, N.Y. — April 11, 2025 — Dinosaur Safari is making its return to the Bronx Zoo, starting Saturday, April 12, guests can visit and get up close with some of the largest animals that ever roamed the Earth. Dinosaur Safari is a beloved tradition that features more than 60 life-size animatronic dinosaurs and pterosaurs (some as long as 66 feet) with a new experience that immerses guests in a prehistoric past that disappeared millions of years ago. The experience draws attention ...

New York, April 10, 2025 – Scarlet macaws in Mesoamerica are highly threatened by poaching and habitat loss. In Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve, only a few hundred remain. The Wildlife Conservation Society Guatemala team works at a remote site to save the birds by hand-raising low-weight chicks, or third or fourth eggs. In the wild, these chicks typically do not survive. The chicks are genetically in good condition, however, and do fine once hand-raised. After t...

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), April 9, 2025 - The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, through the National Designated Authority of the Green Climate Fund (NDA-DRC), organized a ceremony to officially launch phase 2 of preparations for the country's "30x30 Strategy" in Kinshasa, on April 8, 2025. The launch took place in collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Technical and Financial Partners, representatives of civil society, ...

Geneva, April 8, 2025 – The Wildlife Conservation Society continues to be at the table in Geneva as the WHO nears the finalization of its groundbreaking International Agreement on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response. An agreement may be reached on Friday; and the World Health Assembly will convene on May 19-27th to consider final adoption. Dr. Chris Walzer, Wildlife Conservation Society’s Executive Director of Health, said at a negotiators’ side event: “A...

New York, April 4, 2025 – The Wildlife Conservation Society’s REEL WILD™️, a 2-day wildlife film festival in New York City, kicked off last night at a celebratory event with celebrities and Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning filmmakers from around the world. Broll From the Kickoff Event Can Be Found HERE. Courtesy WCS Select Photos Can Be Found Here. Photos by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images See here broll with clips from the films Tamron Hall, Sherri Shepherd ...

NEW YORK, NY, April 2, 2025 – New science shows that overfishing is eroding the sustainability of tropical coral reef fisheries in East Africa, with small-scale fishers losing out on fisheries productivity as entire species disappear from their catch. The study, out now in Sustainability and led by scientists from WCS and the University of Rhode Island, highlights that fisheries management strategies that focus solely on targeting a few fast-growing, resilient species have failed to com...

City of Mendoza, Argentina, March 24, 2025 –The Province of Mendoza has accepted the donation of 40,000 hectares of private land within the La Payunia Protected Natural Area, located in the department of Malargüe. This land within La Payunia Protected Natural Area is known for its stunning landscape of volcanoes and plains; and is home to a rich diversity of native plant and animal species, including the lesser r...