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WCS co-authored science has expanded the known range for a little-known bat species into La Moskitia, 1 of the Five Great Forests of Central America. Working with the local community and other partners, the scientists used acoustic monitoring to identify the presence of the chestnut sac-winged bat.
January 9, 2026 at 7:34 PM
WCS co-authored science has expanded the known range for a little-known bat species into La Moskitia, 1 of the Five Great Forests of Central America. Working with the local community and other partners, the scientists used acoustic monitoring to identify the presence of the chestnut sac-winged bat.
The 10th Annual WCS Youth JIVE (Job, Internship & Volunteering Expo) will be held on Saturday, February 7, at the Bronx Zoo.
The event connects young people to meaningful opportunities across our five NYC zoos and aquarium.
✅ 🌎 Register today: bronxzoo.com/jive
The event connects young people to meaningful opportunities across our five NYC zoos and aquarium.
✅ 🌎 Register today: bronxzoo.com/jive
January 8, 2026 at 2:23 PM
The 10th Annual WCS Youth JIVE (Job, Internship & Volunteering Expo) will be held on Saturday, February 7, at the Bronx Zoo.
The event connects young people to meaningful opportunities across our five NYC zoos and aquarium.
✅ 🌎 Register today: bronxzoo.com/jive
The event connects young people to meaningful opportunities across our five NYC zoos and aquarium.
✅ 🌎 Register today: bronxzoo.com/jive
Each Fall, billions of birds leave North America for the Five Great Forests in Central America, recent science co-authored by WCS and @cornellbirds.bsky.social showed.
But, if we don’t act, we could lose these forests: programs.wcs.org/5greatforest... 🌎
But, if we don’t act, we could lose these forests: programs.wcs.org/5greatforest... 🌎
January 7, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Each Fall, billions of birds leave North America for the Five Great Forests in Central America, recent science co-authored by WCS and @cornellbirds.bsky.social showed.
But, if we don’t act, we could lose these forests: programs.wcs.org/5greatforest... 🌎
But, if we don’t act, we could lose these forests: programs.wcs.org/5greatforest... 🌎
Save the ❤️ of the wild. Give your year-end, tax-deductible gift before 2025 ends! It will be matched 3X. secure.wcs.org/donate/givin... 🌎
December 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Save the ❤️ of the wild. Give your year-end, tax-deductible gift before 2025 ends! It will be matched 3X. secure.wcs.org/donate/givin... 🌎
Save the ❤️ of the wild. Give your year-end, tax-deductible gift before 2025 ends! Your gift will be matched 3X through Dec. 31. secure.wcs.org/donate/givin...
December 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Save the ❤️ of the wild. Give your year-end, tax-deductible gift before 2025 ends! Your gift will be matched 3X through Dec. 31. secure.wcs.org/donate/givin...
Our 12 favorite stories of the year inspired wonder, advanced science, and demonstrated tangible progress for wildlife and wild places around the world to the benefit of us all.
🌎 www.wcs.org/get-involved... #YearInReview
🌎 www.wcs.org/get-involved... #YearInReview
December 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Our 12 favorite stories of the year inspired wonder, advanced science, and demonstrated tangible progress for wildlife and wild places around the world to the benefit of us all.
🌎 www.wcs.org/get-involved... #YearInReview
🌎 www.wcs.org/get-involved... #YearInReview
🔔 🌎 Happy holidays from our WCS teams in New York City and around the world!
December 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🔔 🌎 Happy holidays from our WCS teams in New York City and around the world!
Check out these Andean bears at the Queens Zoo. “As young bears, Coya and Ransisku are curious about everything in their environment,” said WCS’s Mike Allen, the zoo’s director. Video taken by a guest. 🌎
December 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Check out these Andean bears at the Queens Zoo. “As young bears, Coya and Ransisku are curious about everything in their environment,” said WCS’s Mike Allen, the zoo’s director. Video taken by a guest. 🌎
Great news: Today at #UNEA7, the Women Ocean Guardians initiative welcomed Seychelles and Australia as signatories of the commitment. This coincided with a side event on inclusive and transformative approaches to ocean governance. 🌍
December 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Great news: Today at #UNEA7, the Women Ocean Guardians initiative welcomed Seychelles and Australia as signatories of the commitment. This coincided with a side event on inclusive and transformative approaches to ocean governance. 🌍
Congress is finalizing the FY26 National Defense Authorization Act #NDAA. It has major implications for wildlife and wild places worldwide.
📢 🌎 Speak out and let them know strong international conservation programs strengthen national security: secure.wcs.org/campaign/251...
📢 🌎 Speak out and let them know strong international conservation programs strengthen national security: secure.wcs.org/campaign/251...
December 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Congress is finalizing the FY26 National Defense Authorization Act #NDAA. It has major implications for wildlife and wild places worldwide.
📢 🌎 Speak out and let them know strong international conservation programs strengthen national security: secure.wcs.org/campaign/251...
📢 🌎 Speak out and let them know strong international conservation programs strengthen national security: secure.wcs.org/campaign/251...
Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton, a towering figure in wildlife conservation whose research, passion, and leadership helped shape global efforts to protect elephants, has died.
Read our tribute: newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
Read our tribute: newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
December 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton, a towering figure in wildlife conservation whose research, passion, and leadership helped shape global efforts to protect elephants, has died.
Read our tribute: newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
Read our tribute: newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
Today is the 120th anniversary of the founding of the American Bison Society—a conservation milestone that began at WCS’s Bronx Zoo in 1905.
With Theodore Roosevelt as honorary president, the ABS launched an ambitious effort to save the species. Today, our bison conservation efforts continue. 🦬 🌎
With Theodore Roosevelt as honorary president, the ABS launched an ambitious effort to save the species. Today, our bison conservation efforts continue. 🦬 🌎
December 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today is the 120th anniversary of the founding of the American Bison Society—a conservation milestone that began at WCS’s Bronx Zoo in 1905.
With Theodore Roosevelt as honorary president, the ABS launched an ambitious effort to save the species. Today, our bison conservation efforts continue. 🦬 🌎
With Theodore Roosevelt as honorary president, the ABS launched an ambitious effort to save the species. Today, our bison conservation efforts continue. 🦬 🌎
The #CITESCOP20 meeting in Uzbekistan has drawn to a close and we are grateful for a series of landmark decisions that will strengthen trade regulations for threatened species—including many heavily targeted by the global pet trade. Here are a few. 🌏
December 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The #CITESCOP20 meeting in Uzbekistan has drawn to a close and we are grateful for a series of landmark decisions that will strengthen trade regulations for threatened species—including many heavily targeted by the global pet trade. Here are a few. 🌏
Science over extinction. At #CITESCOP20, we saw a series of landmark decisions that will strengthen trade regulations for threatened species—and a few that could jeopardize hard-won conservation gains. www.wcs.org/cites-cop20 🌏
December 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Science over extinction. At #CITESCOP20, we saw a series of landmark decisions that will strengthen trade regulations for threatened species—and a few that could jeopardize hard-won conservation gains. www.wcs.org/cites-cop20 🌏
Today is #WildlifeConservationDay and it comes as #CITESCoP20 is nearing a close in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. There, we have seen exciting gains for species in protections from international trade. Get the latest: wcs.org/cites 🌏
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Today is #WildlifeConservationDay and it comes as #CITESCoP20 is nearing a close in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. There, we have seen exciting gains for species in protections from international trade. Get the latest: wcs.org/cites 🌏
Great news from #CITESCOP20: Governments have agreed to ban commercial trade of Galápagos iguanas.
“Ecuador is deeply committed to protecting the natural heritage of the Galápagos,“ said WCS’s Sebastián Valdivieso, “and this decision reinforces that commitment.”
🌎 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
“Ecuador is deeply committed to protecting the natural heritage of the Galápagos,“ said WCS’s Sebastián Valdivieso, “and this decision reinforces that commitment.”
🌎 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Great news from #CITESCOP20: Governments have agreed to ban commercial trade of Galápagos iguanas.
“Ecuador is deeply committed to protecting the natural heritage of the Galápagos,“ said WCS’s Sebastián Valdivieso, “and this decision reinforces that commitment.”
🌎 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
“Ecuador is deeply committed to protecting the natural heritage of the Galápagos,“ said WCS’s Sebastián Valdivieso, “and this decision reinforces that commitment.”
🌎 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
On #GivingTuesday, your gift will go 4X as far. Thank you for all you do for our planet. Give today: bit.ly/4pj9EgO
December 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
On #GivingTuesday, your gift will go 4X as far. Thank you for all you do for our planet. Give today: bit.ly/4pj9EgO
Save the ❤️ of the wild. In honor of #GivingTuesday, make your impact go 4X as far to protect wildlife, including jaguars. bit.ly/4pj9EgO
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Save the ❤️ of the wild. In honor of #GivingTuesday, make your impact go 4X as far to protect wildlife, including jaguars. bit.ly/4pj9EgO
Good news on okapi from #CITESCOP20: the Parties have elected to put it on Appendix I, the highest level of international protection, which will prohibit all international commercial trade in okapi or their parts as well as sub-products. bit.ly/4rxdDb6 🌍
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Good news on okapi from #CITESCOP20: the Parties have elected to put it on Appendix I, the highest level of international protection, which will prohibit all international commercial trade in okapi or their parts as well as sub-products. bit.ly/4rxdDb6 🌍
Opening up a legal trade of saiga horn, as #CITESCOP20 parties did today, sends the exact wrong message at the worst possible time, says Khash-Erdene Bayarsaikhan of WCS Mongolia. bit.ly/4os6zto 🌏
November 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Opening up a legal trade of saiga horn, as #CITESCOP20 parties did today, sends the exact wrong message at the worst possible time, says Khash-Erdene Bayarsaikhan of WCS Mongolia. bit.ly/4os6zto 🌏
Save the ❤️ of the wild.
Make your #GivingTuesday donation today and your support will help defend wildlife from illegal trade, protect critical forest habitat, and empower communities to safeguard our shared future.
Special 3X match: bit.ly/3KfXG8o
Make your #GivingTuesday donation today and your support will help defend wildlife from illegal trade, protect critical forest habitat, and empower communities to safeguard our shared future.
Special 3X match: bit.ly/3KfXG8o
November 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Save the ❤️ of the wild.
Make your #GivingTuesday donation today and your support will help defend wildlife from illegal trade, protect critical forest habitat, and empower communities to safeguard our shared future.
Special 3X match: bit.ly/3KfXG8o
Make your #GivingTuesday donation today and your support will help defend wildlife from illegal trade, protect critical forest habitat, and empower communities to safeguard our shared future.
Special 3X match: bit.ly/3KfXG8o
“This is one of the greatest days in the history of shark and ray conservation.”
Historic trade protections were adopted at #CITESCOP20 today. The next step is strong implementation on the ground, says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social. 🌏
Historic trade protections were adopted at #CITESCOP20 today. The next step is strong implementation on the ground, says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social. 🌏
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“This is one of the greatest days in the history of shark and ray conservation.”
Historic trade protections were adopted at #CITESCOP20 today. The next step is strong implementation on the ground, says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social. 🌏
Historic trade protections were adopted at #CITESCOP20 today. The next step is strong implementation on the ground, says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social. 🌏
At #CITESCOP20, we are calling for Parties to reject Proposal 3, which would lift the zero-export quota and allow international commercial trade in saiga horns.
The saiga has just recovered and that progress is fragile, Khash-Erdene Bayarsaikhan of WCS Mongolia.
The saiga has just recovered and that progress is fragile, Khash-Erdene Bayarsaikhan of WCS Mongolia.
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
At #CITESCOP20, we are calling for Parties to reject Proposal 3, which would lift the zero-export quota and allow international commercial trade in saiga horns.
The saiga has just recovered and that progress is fragile, Khash-Erdene Bayarsaikhan of WCS Mongolia.
The saiga has just recovered and that progress is fragile, Khash-Erdene Bayarsaikhan of WCS Mongolia.
At #CITESCOP20, we’re supporting Ecuador’s proposals to transfer Galápagos land and marine iguanas from Appendix II to Appendix I, the highest level of protection under CITES.
These species are facing increasing pressures. Strong international safeguards are essential to their survival.
These species are facing increasing pressures. Strong international safeguards are essential to their survival.
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
At #CITESCOP20, we’re supporting Ecuador’s proposals to transfer Galápagos land and marine iguanas from Appendix II to Appendix I, the highest level of protection under CITES.
These species are facing increasing pressures. Strong international safeguards are essential to their survival.
These species are facing increasing pressures. Strong international safeguards are essential to their survival.
NEWS: Latest assessment of Critically Endangered forest elephants sheds new light on their numbers and provides optimism for their future. However, we must not be complacent.
🌍 Read more: bit.ly/49CNL73
🌍 Read more: bit.ly/49CNL73
November 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
NEWS: Latest assessment of Critically Endangered forest elephants sheds new light on their numbers and provides optimism for their future. However, we must not be complacent.
🌍 Read more: bit.ly/49CNL73
🌍 Read more: bit.ly/49CNL73