In an essay for Women's History Month, WCS Fiji Country Director Sangeeta Mangubhai notes, "There is a growing interest in ensuring that approaches we are using in fisheries incorporate gender equality.”

While we are continuing our tradition of ‘muddy boots’ interventions  to support the government in protecting wildlife and its habitats, we are also seeking stronger political support for wildlife conservation in Indonesia.

Bronx Zoo Assistant Curator of Mammals Jessica Moody describes her career as a zoo-based conservationist for a WCS series on "Women in Conservation" to celebrate Women's History Month.

India has set a stellar example at the forefront of global efforts in scientific monitoring and conservation of tigers. It is time we replicated those efforts to secure the future for dholes– true underdogs of India’s tropical forests.

WCS's James Watson and colleagues have produced the first global map of human impacts on threatened species. The overwhelmingly dominant hotspot for threatened species was Southeast Asia.

At an event at the New York Aquarium sponsored by the Maldives Mission to the United Nations, guests discussed listing proposals for 18 species of shark and ray that will be debated at the CITES CoP 18 this May.

A sweeping new study published in the journal Science says that chimpanzee’s complex cultures — including the use of tools and other behaviors — are being lost as human disturbance expands into previously wild areas.

Healthy Ocean — Healthy People. This is the theme WCS Bangladesh has been promoting to build partnerships among fishing communities and civil society to secure a bright future for marine wildlife.

This past December, Argentina announced the creation of two large marine protected areas, Yaganes Marine Park in Drake’s passage and Namuncurá II along the southern shelf break of the Burdwood/Namuncurá Bank.

On World Wildlife Day, WCS's Jason Patlis remains optimistic that we can reverse the trend of ocean decline thanks to the leadership of government, conservation, and business, and the action of people worldwide.

Conservation groups are turning to tech solutions like the Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) to improve the performance of protected areas, both on land and at sea, and better use limited resources.

WCS Congo, together with the Congolese Government and other partners, has initiated a broad marine conservation program aimed at strengthening and increasing Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).

The relentless, sustained, needlessly personal attacks on the scientists analyzing the impacts of the Adani coalmine undermines the role of science – and scientists – in important decisions that affect our future.

At WCS, we’re combining intensive field studies, cutting-edge wildlife research technology, and the knowledge of indigenous peoples to better understand the ecology of wolverines on the harsh Arctic tundra.

With the introduction of sturgeon to the NY Aquarium, visitors have the opportunity to see these representatives of an ancient lineage and learn of their place in our state's history," notes aquarium Director Jon Forrest Dohlin.

A City Council bill to ban single-use plastic in NYC dovetails with the WCS New York Aquarium's Give a Sip campaign, educating consumers across the five boroughs about the need to ban plastic straws.

We must end the market for wildlife and wildlife parts by confronting ruthless criminal trafficking syndicates and governments whose policies and actions (or inaction) contribute to the senseless slaughter of species.

For the long-term health of Malaysia’s tiger population, large ungulates such asgsur, sambar deer, and even bearded pigs and common wild pigs have to survive and proliferate.

Canada’s Endangered Species act, in place for just over 10 years, is complex and challenging to navigate. But then so is the task of saving a growing list of species that are facing extinction, usually due to human actions

"The world has been beset with wagon-loads of bad news, from climate change to the sixth extinction," writes WCS's Melvin Gumal. "That’s why I found it heartening to see the turnout at our annual Run for the Wild here in Malaysia."

WCS's Arafat Rahman Khan addresses the shared responsibility of sustaining the lives and livelihoods of Bangladesh's brave fishermen while working to ensure the survival of threatened marine wildlife.

Two and a half years ago, WCS embarked upon a partnership with New Worlder magazine to explore connections between conservation and gastronomy across the Americas. This column by Julie Kunen marks the final installment.

WCS is helping to secure the waters around Bangladesh’s Nijhum Dwip as a marine protected area. This would benefit the astounding diversity of threatened sharks and rays that our fisheries investigations have recorded there.

WCS’s Shamsunnahar Shanta notes, “I feel strongly that I must continue breaking barriers, both for my own sake as well as for the many promising young female scientists (and perhaps one day fisherwomen) of Bangladesh.”