In the New York Times, reporter Lisa W. Foderaro covers the illness, treatment and recovery of Holli, one of the Bronx Zoo's 18 gorillas and the dominant female in her troop. The article offers a behind-the-scenes look at the zoo, a leader in conservation and zoo science. Holli's surgery and recuperation took place in the zoo’s 30,000-square-foot health center, one of the most sophisticated animal medical facilities in the country, with three wards, a nursery, an intensive care unit, molecular a...

New fish traps designed by researchers from WCS and the Kenyan Marine and Fisheries Research Institute keep big fish in and let non-target fish out.

Saturday, Oct. 12 – Monday, Oct. 14 Activities will focus on this endangered species and its native South African habitat Brooklyn, N.Y. – Oct. 7, 2013- The Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium is extending African Penguin Awareness Day on October 12 with a weekend full of penguin-themed activities, Saturday, Oct. 12 through Monday, Oct. 14, 12 to 4 p.m. The goal of this event is to raise awareness about the African black-footed penguin (Spheniscus demersus), an endangered species n...

Ascarium at the New York Aquarium and Boo at the Zoo at the Queens and Prospect Park Zoos: Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 26 & 27Bronx, N.Y. – Oct. 4, 2013 – The Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo, New York Aquarium, Prospect Park Zoo and Queens Zoo have events this month celebrating Halloween.At the WCS Bronx Zoo:Boo at the Zoo activities include:The Museum of UnNatural MysteriesThis Museum, created by Dr. B. Zarre, houses a remarkable collection of mysterious creatures, evidence of how t...

New basket traps designed by WCS and Kenyan Marine and Fisheries Research InstituteAllow juvenile and non-target fish species to escape while increasing incomesNEW YORK (October 7, 2013)—Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Kenyan Marine and Fisheries Research Institute have achieved a milestone in Africa: they’ve helped build a better fish trap, one that keeps valuable fish in while letting undersized juvenile fish and non-target species out.By modifying conventional Africa...

New information will inform management strategies for Bryde’s whaleCoastal subspecies has low genetic diversity and needs protectionNEW YORK (October 3, 2013)—Saving the whales often means knowing—sometimes genetically—one group of whales from another, say researchers attempting to define populations of a medium-sized and poorly understood baleen whale that is sometimes targeted by Japan’s scientific whaling program. In a new study, scientists from Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Mus...

Saturday and Sunday, October 5 and 6Giant rabbits, cows, sheep and other farm animals are the stars at this event that celebrates farms and domestic animalsMoo at the Zoo is presented by Organic Valley Flushing, N.Y. – Oct. 2, 2013 – Amid the bustling scenes and sounds of New York City is the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Queens Zoo, home to a sprawling farmyard where rabbits, cows, sheep and other domestic animals live. To celebrate all things farm-related, the zoo will host for the firs...

Aided by camera traps and bushmeat hunting records, a team of researchers maps 12 carnivores in Gabon.

NEW YORK (September 30, 2013)—Working in the rainforest of Central Africa—a region known for its diversity of wildlife—a team of researchers from Panthera, the Wildlife Conservation Society, University of Stirling, CENAREST, IRET and others has completed the first-ever survey in Gabon on a previously overlooked animal group: small mammal predators.The team compiled information from camera-trap surveys, direct observations and bushmeat studies, mapped the country-wide distribution of 12 carnivore...

26 September 2013Wildlife in forest fragments more vulnerable to extinction than previously thought Species living in rainforest fragments could be far more likely to disappear than was previously assumed, says an international team of scientists.In a study spanning two decades, the researchers witnessed the near-complete extinction of native small mammals on forest islands created by a large hydroelectric reservoir in Thailand.“It was like ecological Armageddon,” said Luke Gibson from the Na...