Through the generous support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Graduate Scholarship Program (GSP) is honored to announce the Fonseca Leadership ...

Welcome to our award-winning podcast. Here you will find reported audio stories covering the latest news and newsmakers from WCS’s field sites, zoos and aquarium, and conservation partners. Listen ...

Felipe Camacho is a geoscientist and spatial analyst supporting the Forests and Climate Change team at WCS. With dual MSc degrees in Cartography and Geoinformatics from the Erasmus Mundus Copernicus ...

Connor Horton is an operations and strategy leader focused on building and managing high-impact conservation and climate initiatives. As the operations lead for HIFOR at WCS, Connor oversees project ...

Over the course of the year, these developments, favorites of our WCS Communications Team, inspired wonder, advanced science, and demonstrated tangible progress for wildlife and wild places around the ...

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 ...

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 ...

This stunning camera trap photo shows a leopard attacking a Sambar deer, which can be four times its size. It was taken in India's Bhadra tiger reserve just last week. Leopards hunt primarily at night ...

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 ...

Bolivia's Madidi National Park is rich with wildlife—birds of many stripes, mammals large and small, reptiles, fish, and a stunning array of butterflies. Thanks to the Identidad Madidi expedition, a ...

The Queens Zoo released a short, heartwarming video featuring two young Andean bears playing with a tree branch. The moment captured on video by a guest at the zoo, Ursula McDermott, shows the bears ...

1. Sloths fall from trees about once per week. Sloths have extremely poor eyesight, making it difficult to navigate their tree habitat. A slow pace helps, but it isn’t foolproof. These unexpectedly ...