Publishing in the journal Nature Sustainability, a team of conservationists led by the Wildlife Conservation Society say that providing a “Conservation Basic Income” (CBI) – of $5.50 per day to all residents of protected areas in low- and middle-income countries would cost less than annual subsidies given to fossil fuels and other environmentally harmful industries.

For the first time, a newly published artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm is allowing researchers to quickly and accurately estimate coastal fish stocks without ever entering the water.

For the second year in a row, La Paz, Bolivia won the City Nature Challenge, a global event where people photograph biodiversity in and around cities across the globe.

A new WCS-led study that analyzed 17 years of migratory bird-nesting data in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, revealed that nest survival decreased significantly near high-use oil and gas infrastructure and its related noise, dust, traffic, air pollution, and other disturbances.

WCS’s Arctic Beringia Program has co-produced a new feature-length documentary film with Tribal partners in the community of Old Harbor, Alaska, titled “The Herd.”

Bronx, NY – April 29, 2023 – 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 15th consecutive year. Despite the rain, thousands ran, jogged, and walked through the 265-acre zoo in support of wildlife conservation. Since its inception in 2009, more than 70,000 have participated in the event. Each year the WCS Run for the Wild is dedicated to an animal in need of conservat...

The peacock who spent last night in a tree outside the Bronx Zoo flew back onto zoo grounds under his own initiative at 11:19 a.m.

A new study led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) identified a viral hotspot in Viet Nam where bat roosting sites, bat guano harvesting, and pig farms are all in close proximity.

Bronx, NY – April 25, 2023 – The event that marks the official start of spring/summer in New York City is back! The 15th annual Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Run for the Wild 5K run/3Kwalk at the Bronx Zoo returns on Saturday, April 29 at the Bronx Zoo. The 5k race for individual runners will begin at 8:00am; casual runners and walkers can take part in the 3K Family Fun Run/Walk at 9:30am. Everyone planning to attend are encouraged to visit the Know Before You Go page for sp...

Bronx, NY, April 22, 2023 – The Wildlife Conservation Society, based at the Bronx Zoo, works in about 60 countries and across the world’s oceans to save wildlife and wild places. This short video highlights their voices, faces and passion, celebrating their work to protect nature for people and wildlife. The video circles the world featuring WCS teams at the Bronx Zoo, to Chile, to Papua New Guinea, to Cameroon, to Afghanistan, to India, to China, to Canada, and dozens of other pl...