Our team is on the ground in Nice, France for the UN Ocean Conference, advocating for bold, science-backed action to protect our ocean’s future. At over a dozen side events, we’re convening partners ...

Are you an ocean expert? World Oceans Day is June 8. Learn more about the sea creatures and marine places supporters like you help WCS to protect by taking our quiz now.

With their striking white plumage and piercing yellow eyes, snowy owls are icons of the Arctic tundra. These majestic owls are powerful hunters, capable of surviving in some of the harshest climates ...

The Sustainable Finance for Tiger Landscapes Conference was held in Bhutan under the patronage of Her Majesty The Queen, Jetsun Pema Wangchuck. The two-day summit brought tiger range countries ...

At WCS, we operate five wildlife parks in New York City (Bronx Zoo, New York Aquarium, Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, and Queens Zoo) and work in 50-plus countries saving wildlife and wild ...

This World Oceans Day, WCS and partners are launching a breakthrough artificial intelligence tool that will provide critical data on fish stocks and the health of our oceans. Watch to learn more! WCS, ...

And since World Frog Day is just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to learn some little-known (and wildly bizarre) frog facts to impress your friends with—and to spread the word on just how ...

There are over 7,000 frog and toad species, each with distinctive coloring, habitat, and defenses—and World Frog Day is the perfect time to celebrate these tiny amphibians and spread the word about ...

WCS President and CEO Cristián Samper sent a message to all WCS staff on Juneteenth, 2020. In this letter, he sought to cast a necessary light on our past, examine our present, and commit WCS to doing ...

*In June 2021, a year after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, WCS refreshed and refined its policy statement on combating the threat of zoonotic spillover posed by wild meat ...

The WCS-Congo team captured this incredible video of a western lowland gorilla newborn in the rainforests of Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo. The infant was barely a week old ...

This iconic bird ranges across Canada and the northern U.S. Don't let the name fool you, though. Check out some loon-y details about the common loon, via WCS Canada. Unlike most birds, they have solid ...