Help people protect the wildlife and natural systems meaningful to them, while ensuring that local families do not unjustly shoulder the costs of establishing and sustainably managing protected areas.

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 ...

Our favorite images from this past year span our five zoological parks New York City and some of the places where we work to save wildlife and wild places around the globe. These are hippos in ...

These are the most popular and impactful episodes of WCS Wild Audio from the past year, where we delve into transformative efforts in wildlife conservation in 13 minutes or less. 5. Why are the ...

1. There’s no hibernation for these bears. Unlike many of their bear relatives, polar bears don’t hibernate. Males and non-pregnant females remain active hunters throughout the harsh Arctic winter, ...

As a science-based conservation NGO, we work in 64 countries and at scores of field sites that represent the last of the wild. WCS's global conservation program encompasses five programs: Africa, Asia ...

The giant Ibis went unrecorded for more than 50 years until it was rediscovered by WCS in 1993. The Critically Endangered giant ibis is the largest ibis in the world, twice the size of the second ...

Right now, WCS conservationists are working on the ground around the world to save some of the most spectacular and imperiled wildlife on the planet. We need your help to continue this important work.

In recent decades, deforestation has caused a dramatic decline in Andean bear populations, and estimates suggest fewer than 18,000 bears now survive in the wild. This threat will only worsen in coming ...

Situated in a volatile region of Nigeria, Yankari Game Reserve is 866 square miles of primarily Sudanian savanna, home to buffaloes, hippos, lions, and, at 100-200 animals, the only viable population ...

As human beings, we connect to nature with a force as strong as the pull of gravity. We depend on nature. Zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, national parks, the conservation movement—indeed, the ...

WCS connects people to nature at the New York zoos and aquarium. WCS, the “W” logo, WE STAND FOR WILDLIFE, I STAND FOR WILDLIFE, and STAND FOR WILDLIFE are service marks of Wildlife Conservation ...