Scientists Urge Focus on New Branch of Environmental Health NEW YORK (November 19, 2013) — A new paper from members of the HEAL (Health & Ecosystems: Analysis of Linkages) consortium delineates a new branch of environmental health that focuses on the public health risks of human-caused changes to Earth’s natural systems. Looking comprehensively at available research to date, the paper’s authors highlight repeated correlations between changes in natural systems and existing...

Toys collected at various sites in Brooklyn will benefit families in need, including those affected by Hurricane Sandy Toy donors will receive a free ticket to the New York Aquarium Toy drive runs from Monday, Nov. 18 to Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 Brooklyn, N.Y. – Nov. 19, 2013 – The Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium and Prospect Park Zoo have launched the annual holiday toy drive in partnership with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and the Alliance for Coney Island. Toys c...

When poachers fire their shots at elephants, terror ensues. Listen for yourself in this video of elephants reacting to gunfire. When you can't listen any longer… take action. Tell Congress to sweep away the confusing set of state commercial ivory laws and replace it with one moratorium on ivory sales in the United States.

Andean bears are the only South American bear species Populations are declining due to habitat loss and hunting B-Roll Video Download HD Andean Bear at Queens Zoo b-roll.mov Interview With Queens Zoo Director Scott Silver www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFfI8WU5CXI Flushing, N.Y. – Nov. 14, 2013 - The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Queens Zoo is home to a new Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus), the only bear species endemic to South America. The Andean bear is native to Andean lowlands in Venezuela, ...

Dr. Cristián Samper, WCS President and CEO, applauds the United States' commitment to eliminating the market for illegal ivory following an important event in Colorado.

Bronx, NY – November 14, 2013 – The Wildlife Conservation Society’s President and CEO Cristián Samper today issued a statement in connection with a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service event in Denver, CO, at which six tons of illegal elephant ivory were to be crushed. Samper, one of eight members of the Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking appointed by President Obama and Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, is tasked with making recommendations to the administration and providing it with ongo...

Full-page story (with banner): http://elephantstory.wcs.org/Embeddable version, 800 pixels or wider: http://elephantstory.wcs.org/?embed Embeddable version, narrow: http://elephantstory.wcs.org/ Denver, CO – November 13, 2013 – The Wildlife Conservation Society and geographic information system (GIS) software innovator Esri jointly developed and produced an online Story Map that combines spatial data, excellent cartography, and Web mapping tools to visually tell the story ...

Recent camera trap footage from WCS and Panthera reveals humans aren’t the only ones who like Calvin Klein cologne – rare African golden cats do as well.

Dr. Jane Carter Ingram, director of the WCS Ecosystem Services Program, explains how investment in coastal ecosystems can reduce the risks associated with catastrophic storms.

WCS helps release juvenile whale shark from net in Indonesian marine parkNEW YORK (November 13, 2013)—It’s not every day that fishermen catch the world’s largest fish species in their nets, but this is what recently happened in Indonesia’s Karimunjawa National Park, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. While catching anchovies and small bait fish in a stationary net off the coast of Java on October 8th, a group of fishers discovered a much larger animal in their lift net—a juvenile w...