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- Good news about sharks. 🦈 Oceanic whitetip sharks are disappearing from the ocean quickly, largely due to the illegal trade of their fins for shark fin soup. But, led by Panama, we have reached a turning point, says a new piece co-authored by @lukedavid301.bsky.social. 🌎 time.com/7362449/shar...
- LISTEN: This #WorldWetlandsDay, there’s an urgent need to protect Canada’s large, intact peatlands, like the Hudson Bay Lowlands. On a new #WCSWildAudio, @wcscanada.org’s national peatland strategy. 🔊 🌎 apple.co/3Ml9dUP
- LISTEN: Coral reefs face unprecedented pressures. But scientists are finding some are more resilient than others. On a new #WCSWildAudio with WCS’s Dr. Emily Darling, a strategy to shape the future of coral conservation worldwide. 🌎 apple.co/45Gk8yR
- Reposted by Wildlife Conservation SocietyPublished in Nature today: the Ocean Equity Index (OEI), the first global tool to measure fairness in ocean policies and projects. OEI turns equity from an abstract goal into a measurable standard for ocean decision-making. The OEI is free and easy to use: oceanequityindex.org
- New York’s zoos, aquariums, and botanical gardens are vital for connecting people with nature, inspiring conservation, and providing education for all ages. Speak out with us to ensure these amazing places remain accessible and continue to thrive. 📣 Act now: secure.wcs.org/campaign/260...
- A new way to map species habitat, thanks to WCS-led research funded by NASA. This information is essential for governments, NGOs, and funders deciding where to invest in conservation and restoration. 🌎 Read more: bit.ly/3LWW2JA
- WCS's Bronx Zoo has a new baby. In December 2025, an Endangered pygmy slow loris was born in our newest exhibit, World of Darkness. This is the first primate to be born at the zoo’s immersive exhibit since it opened in July 2025. bit.ly/4r7dUQU 🌎
- Targeted poaching of African lions for their body parts is escalating rapidly. It could pose an existential threat to the species without urgent action, new @wcs.org co-authored research shows. bit.ly/49ONBI6 🌍
- In Laos, community-led conservation is bringing one of the world’s rarest crocodiles back from the edge of extinction. ▶️ 🌏 New WCS-led report shows how: bit.ly/4pMeMt3
- Magellanic penguins in Argentina. Recently, our team there was part of an effort to place GPS tags on 8 of them in Cape Virgenes Provincial Reserve. The goal is to better understand their behaviors and what areas are important to their survival. #PenguinAwarenessDay 🌎
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- Cave cheetahs raise hope for species recovery, writes Richard Conniff. WCS’s Dr. Luke Hunter weighs in on a study that shows the Arabian Peninsula was part of the true historical distribution of the species. Read more: richardconniff.substack.com/p/cave-cheet...
- As mating season nears, snow leopards increase scent-marking across their home ranges. This helps scientists, like those with our WCS Mongolia team, monitor populations across Mongolia’s mountains. 🌏
- How can One Health stakeholders act on the @who.int Pandemic Agreement to mitigate the risk of pathogen spillover in international wildlife trade? New article co-authored by WCS’s Susan Lieberman offers a four-point path forward. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- 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.
- Reposted by Wildlife Conservation Society🌍 The late Gustavo Fonseca’s legacy lives on through the Fonseca Leadership Program. The GEF & @wcs.org invite applications for the Young Leaders in Africa Fellowship, which supports top African conservationists for Master’s/Ph.D. studies. To learn more: wcs.org/about-us/gra...
- 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
- 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... 🌎
- What can we learn from the bird flu outbreak that wiped out a generation of seals in Patagonia? Humanity must adopt and invest in the #OneHealth concept, write researchers from WCS Argentina. 🌎
- Amur tigers were all but written off in China only 25 years ago, WCS’s @jonathanslaght.com says. “Since then, habitat protections and anti-poaching efforts have allowed them to triumphantly return.” 🌏 news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
- 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...
- 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
- Reposted by Wildlife Conservation SocietyPleased to be featured in a collection of diverse viewpoints on coral reef restoration in this issue of One Earth. Read the full collection here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mIX8_wvRV...
- 🔔 🌎 Happy holidays from our WCS teams in New York City and around the world!
- Recent successes show us that you can bring tigers back, says WCS’s Luke Hunter. “You can catalyze recovery. And we’re still in the early stages of it in most places, but we see it’s possible.” 🌏 news.mongabay.com/2025/12/hope...
- 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. 🌍
- Reposted by Wildlife Conservation SocietyNew #open-access paper from our team @wcs.org Education. We talk about why cultural institutions are the ideal place to study informal learning and youth development, and how collaboration between internal research and practice teams sets us up for successful design-based research (DBR) practices.
- “They’re hardy,” WCS’s Jake LaBelle tells @nytimes.com of American eels. But they need protection despite their resilience. 🌎 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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. 🦬 🌎
- 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 🌏
- The epic fight to save Amur tigers shows it’s “possible for people from different backgrounds to work together and achieve considerable success,” WCS’s @jonathanslaght.com tells @cnn.com. WCS’s role is detailed in his new book, Tigers Between Empires. 🌏 www.cnn.com/science/sibe...
- DYK: Canada 🇨🇦 is home to 25% (!!) of the world's peatlands. These are climate-critical ecosystems because of how much carbon they store. Check out the new National Peatland Strategy released today from @wcscanada.org. ⬇️
- 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...
- On #GivingTuesday, your gift will go 4X as far. Thank you for all you do for our planet. Give today: bit.ly/4pj9EgO
- From @nytimes.com: Sharks and Rays Gain Sweeping Protections From Wildlife Trade These represent the first time there’s been recognition that some sharks and rays are wildlife, just like elephants or rhinos, WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social tells the paper. 🌎 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/s...
- 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 🌍
- 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 🌏
- Today at #CITESCoP20, governments voted to allow commercial international trade in saiga horn under newly established quotas from Kazakhstan. We strongly opposed this outcome. 🌏 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
- Sweeping trade protections adopted for sharks and rays at #CITESCOP20. “It’s taken 20 to 30 years to get recognition that sharks and rays — keystone predators in marine ecosystems globally — need that protection,” says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social. 🌏 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
- 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
- “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 and sweeping trade protections have been adopted at #CITESCOP20 for sharks and rays. It's the most comprehensive advance in global shark conservation in CITES history. It belongs to the Parties who championed these protections, says @lukedavid301.bsky.social. Read more: bit.ly/486puVJ
- 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.
- 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.
- We are disappointed Parties at #CITESCOP20 failed to support Proposal 35, which would have listed all anguillid eels (including the American eel) on CITES Appendix II. Leaves an iconic migratory fish without the international oversight urgently needed. Read more: newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
- Historic victory for sharks: #CITESCoP20 Parties voted to list oceanic whitetip sharks on Appendix I, the highest level of protection offered by CITES. “Today’s decision is a watershed moment for all sharks and rays,” said WCS’s Luke Warwick. 🌏 Read more: bit.ly/4olha9w
- 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
- At #CITESCOP20, the Bronx Zoo’s Kevin Torregrosa presented on the critical role zoos play in responding to illegal wildlife trade. Zoo expertise in animal care, veterinary triage, quarantine, and species-specific husbandry makes institutions like ours indispensable first responders. 🌏
