NEW YORK, July 28, 2026 — A single day at sea can sometimes tell a much bigger story. Watch this video HERE. These images were taken by the Wildlife Conservation Society New York Bight Program’s Ocean Giants research team on June 29. During a recent research expedition in the New York Bight, scientists with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) documented an extraordinary gathering of whales and other marine wildlife just 25 to 35 miles south of Long Island, capturi...

[Above photo: Pancake, a rescued Endangered Kemp’s Ridley turtle returned to the sea at 1:13pm EST on July 23, 2026. As a crowd on the Atlantic Ocean beach outside the Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium in Coney Island cheered: “Pancake, Pancake, Pancake!" Credit: Mary Dixon ©️Wildlife Conservation Society] Coney Island, NY, July 23, 2026—An Endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle named Pancake successfully returned to the Atlantic Ocean today ...

Coney Island, NY, July 21, 2026—An Endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle will be released into the Atlantic Ocean along the beach outside the Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium on Thursday, July 23 at 12:30pm. LAST WEEK WE POSTPONED TO THIS NEW DATE AND TIME DUE TO THE AIR QUALITY ALERT IN NYC. The turtle, named Pancake, was recovered by Massachusetts Audubon Society suffering from cold stunning in Duck Harbor Beach, Wellfleet, Massachusetts on Nov ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. — July 21, 2026 — The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Central Park Zoo is debuting twin Critically Endangered black-and-white ruffed lemurs, born April 5, 2026. The fraternal twin pair includes one male, named Maso, and one female, named Tonga. The black-and-white ruffed lemur is a primate native to the tropical rainforests of eastern Madagascar. They are considered Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species; wild populations have de...

Coney Island, NY, July 9, 2026—An endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle will be released into the Atlantic Ocean along the beach outside the Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium on Thursday, July 16. The turtle, named Pancake, was recovered by Massachusetts Audubon Society suffering from cold stunning in Duck Harbor Beach, Wellfleet, Massachusetts on Nov 22, 2025. Pancake was transferred from Duck Harbor to the New England Aquarium on November 23rd for triage and me...

New York, July 7, 2026 -- The following statement was issued by Craig Piper, Interim Executive Vice President for the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Zoos & Aquarium and Director of the Bronx Zoo: Patty, a 57-year-old Asian elephant, is healthy and doing well in her home where she has lived at the Bronx Zoo for more than 50 years. She chooses to enjoy multiple areas of her habitat and engages with her keepers and multiple enrichment activities. Following the recent loss of Happy,...

BRONX, NY, July 7, 2026—Conservation practitioners around the world now have free access to a wide variety of practical methods for measuring conservation success with the launch of COMET, the Conservation Monitoring Effectiveness Techniques platform. While practitioners can choose from a wide range of monitoring methods, there has until now been no centralized, field-tested guide to which are most effective and cost-efficient in different contexts. For decades, conservat...

New York, July 2, 2026 – The following statement has been issued by the Wildlife Conservation Society: “We at WCS express profound concern and alarm regarding the recent reported detention of wildlife conservationists Sepideh Kashani and Houman Jowkar, along with Sepideh’s sister Sima Kashani in Tehran on July 1, 2026. “Mr. Jowkar and his wife Ms. Kashani are among the world's leading experts on the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah. Through their pione...

NEW YORK, NY, July 2, 2026 — A newly published study in Conservation Biology warns that efforts to control New World screwworm will be weakened if governments focus primarily on legal livestock production systems while overlooking illegal cattle movements, wildlife, protected areas, and remote landscapes where infestations can go undetected. The paper, “Screwworm re-emergence, illegal cattle movements, and emerging risks to wildlife and protected areas in Mesoameric...

New York, NY – June 23, 2026 — Today, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) returns with Year 2 of its Petition Paper campaign, expanding its reach across select New York City restaurants to drive awareness and action around the protection of Hudson Canyon—a vital underwater ecosystem located just 100 miles offshore from here. The campaign aims to generate support for designating Hudson Canyon a National Marine Sanctuary. The campaign invites New Yorkers to engage with Hu...