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.

The efforts of the Bronx Zoo, WCS’s flagship zoo in New York City, and Indigenous tribes to restore bison in the American West at the turn of the 20th Century is credited as one of the first ...

“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 ...

Wildlife is worth fighting for. Our community is growing strong and it will take all of us to protect the species and places we love.

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 ...

Hiking in the hills of northern Pakistan in the 1970s, WCS Senior Conservationist George Schaller spotted a snow leopard some 150 feet away. "Wisps of clouds swirled around," he later wrote in Stones ...

We are protecting regions that are biologically outstanding and where the long-term conservation of species and ecological processes is viable.

With our work in over 50 countries and at our four New York zoos and our aquarium, WCS is uniquely positioned to effect change. Together, we can ensure that the world’s most important ecosystems ...

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.

Headquartered in New York City, the Wildlife Conservation Society is a premier wildlife conservation organization, with a legacy of over 130 years of saving wildlife and wild places. WCS has a ...

Sharks, rays, and their cartilaginous relatives are one of the world’s oldest and most diverse vertebrate groups with over a thousand species found in a huge range of habitats, from the Amazon River ...

Coastal communities and ecosystems are intricately and inextricably entwined. People depend on coastal ecosystems for nutrition, livelihoods, refuge, protection, and climate resilience, and in the ...