Adam Falk is President and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society starting on July 1, 2025. In this role, Falk oversees five zoological parks in New York City, including the Bronx Zoo, Central Park ...

Founded in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society, the Wildlife Conservation Society was one of the first conservation organizations in the U.S. The Society began with a clear mandate: Advance ...

“The world’s biodiversity is facing threats from all angles. Wilderness areas are vanishing and fauna and flora species are facing extinction like never before. The team at The Wildlife Conservation ...

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 ...

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 ...

All elephants are under threat from habitat loss, climate change, and poaching. WCS works with national governments and local partners across Africa and Asia to protect elephant habitats and support ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Your tax-deductible gift supports cutting-edge exhibits, first-class animal care, and in-depth research to help threatened wildlife survive and thrive. WCS, the “W” logo, WE STAND FOR WILDLIFE, I ...

The virus that causes COVID-19 potentially originated in a bat host, but bats are not to blame for the pandemic. It was humans who altered ecological systems worldwide and unnaturally increased ...

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, ...