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

Natural ecosystems provide immense value for biodiversity, communities, and climate mitigation. Recognizing this, all African nations signed the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in ...

One hundred years ago, the WCS-led Arcturus Expedition documented otherworldly animals just off the coast of New York City. Today, we continue to work to protect Hudson Canyon.

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 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 WCS is relentless in its ...

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 ...

How will we get there? WCS is implementing conservation programs all over the world to mitigate the impacts of CO2 emissions, and help affected people adapt to climate change: We are protecting large ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Across the planet we collaborate with Indigenous Peoples and local communities to achieve a shared vision for a more secure, inclusive, just, equitable, and resilient future, where wildlife remains a ...