[Above photo: An Arabian Sea humpback whale breaches following interaction with another whale. Both whales had just been recorded singing before this shot. Along with the genetic evidence presented in...

NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2026 — Dr. Carlos Afonso Nobre, one of the world’s leading scientists on the Amazon and its relationship to the global climate, has been awarded the 2026 Thomas E. Lovejoy Prize in...

Where to find WCS during Climate Week NYC 2026.

The Canadian government has committed C$25m to try to rescue the caribou in the province – but there is no agreement on how best to save the keystone species

BRONX, NY, September 11, 2026—A new international study has found that achieving global biodiversity and climate goals will require more than expanding protected areas alone. By comparing how differen...

[Above photo: Endemic to Colombia, Lehmann’s poison frog (Oophaga lehmanni) is rated as Critically Endangered on the Red List of threatened species maintained by the International Union for Conservati...

Kampala, Uganda, September 8, 2026—Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have signed a 10-year agreement establishing a Conservation Management Partnership (CMP) ...

BANGKOK, Thailand — In the narrow alleys of Bangkok’s Chatuchak Market, the world’s wildlife is for sale. Ensnared in jungles, fished out of rivers and plucked from wetlands across the globe, hundreds...

The smoke floating around me smelled of campfire, grass, and burnt leaves. “Give me a puff or two here,” my father said, pointing his gloved hand at the

New research highlights the declines in living corals in reefs around the world, showing the unprecedented twin-danger of human-caused climate change and an expected record El Niño.

[Above photo: This is a camera trap photograph of a river otter taken on June 23, 2026 in the Bronx River. This is first such sighting of a river otter in the Bronx in 100 years. A local scientist is ...

While the need for resource extraction is necessary for Alaska’s economy, the Trump administration's hunger to tear up legislation seeking balance is misguided.

Soon after becoming president and chief executive of the Wildlife Conservation Society, Adam Falk visited the giraffe keeper at the Bronx Zoo. What struck Falk was the source of the keeper’s commitmen...