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NEW YORK (June 1, 2017) – WCS released a statement in response to the announced withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change.

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo (May 26, 2017) – A new study by WCS (º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½) has revealed how mining for valuable minerals in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a major driving factor in the illegal hunting of great apes and other wildlife for food.

JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN (May 24, 2017)—The first aerial assessment of the impact of South Sudan’s current civil war on the country’s wildlife and other natural resources shows that significant wildlife populations have so far survived, but poaching and commercial wildlife trafficking are increasing, as well as illegal mining, timber harvesting and charcoal production, the º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ (WCS) said in a report issued today.

NEW YORK (May 24, 2017) – A study led by and co-authored by , warning how are being damaged by human activities, will receive an , which recognizes impactful published science.

New York, NY – May 24, 2017 – A white-naped crane chick (Grus vipio) hatched at WCS’s (º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½) Central Park Zoo has made its public debut. The chick hatched on April 29 and is only the second of its species ever hatched at the Central Park Zoo. 

Washington, D.C. (May 23, 2017) – As three of the world’s largest international conservation organizations, WCS, TNC and WWF call on Congress to protect our country’s investments in foreign assistance and to adopt a budget that continues to support our nation’s legacy of global conservation and humanitarian leadership.

 

(Fairbanks, AK – May 22, 2017) –Will reductions in Arctic snow cover make tundra-dwelling wolverines more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought? 

VIENTIANE, LAO PDR (May 19, 2016) – The following statement was issued today by Deputy Director of the WCS Lao PDR Country Program Santi Saypanya concerning a significant new penal code in Lao to crack down on wildlife traffickers with increased penalties.

BRUSSELS, Belgium (18 May, 2017) – WCS released a statement in response to the European Commission’s announcement of new measures related to ivory and wildlife trafficking.

(Bangalore, India (05/18/17) –Spatial capture-recapture model analysis is often used to estimate tiger abundance. A new study led by Dr. Robert Dorazio of the United States Geological Survey, and co-authored by WCS’s Dr.Ullas Karanth, however, finds that dates and times of animal detections are often not factored into the analysis. This is despite the fact that this data is available when using “continuous-time” recorders such as camera-traps.