Wildlife Managment
NEW YORK, NY | March 04, 2021
WCS Statement on IUCN Recognition of Two Species of African Elephants
A recent note published in the journal Oryx – the International Journal of Conservation by the African Elephant Specialist Group (AfESG) of IUCN, officially recognizes two species of African elephant: the savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) and forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis).
KOH KONG, Cambodia | March 02, 2021
Remote Video Show First Eggs of Royal Turtle Laid in Captivity in Cambodia
Seventy-one Royal Turtle eggs in five clutches were laid on an artificial sand bank at the Koh Kong Reptile Conservation Center (KKRCC) early last week.
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia | March 01, 2021
The Secret Lives of Tigers
A new study finds that tiger mothers in the Russian Far East tend to be stay-at-home moms, and when it comes time for kids to move out, they sometimes let a few of them hang around at home.
LONDON, United Kingdom | February 23, 2021
Reforesting project in Rwanda sees regrowth within a year — despite lockdown interruptions
Trillion Trees' partner the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has proven the viability of Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR) in degraded forest areas of Rwanda's Nyungwe Forest National Park – even during a pandemic.
BOZEMAN, Montana | January 19, 2021
Disease Threatens to Decimate Western Bats
A four-year study recently published in Ecology and Evolution concludes that the fungal disease, white-nose syndrome, poses a severe threat to many western North American bats.
WINDOW ROCK, Arizona | December 21, 2020
Good News From the Navajo Nation - Scientists Succeed in Tagging Nearly 100 of their Most Iconic of Wild Animals – the Tsétah dibé
Some of the world's most sacred and spectacular lands unfold across the sovereign Navajo Nation – an area nearly the size of Maine encompassing parts of Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico.
HA NOI, Viet Nam | December 18, 2020
World's Most Endangered Turtle Gets Some Good News In 2020
The Ha Noi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in collaboration with the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Indo-Myanmar Conservation (IMC) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have made dramatic progress to possibly prevent the extinction of Swinhoe's softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) also known as the Yangtze giant softshell turtle or or Hoan Kiem turtle.
MANAUS, Brazil | December 14, 2020
TURTLE TSUNAMI! WCS releases incredible footage of mass hatching of locally endangered turtle
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) released an amazing video showing tens of thousands of Giant South American River turtle hatchlings (Podocnemis expansa) emerging from a sandy beach in a protected area along the Purus River – a tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil.
BANGKOK, Thailand | December 02, 2020
MEOW MIX: Study Shows How to Re-Wild Big, Juicy Prey Animals for Wild Tigers
A new WCS-led study shows how to fully restore a key tiger landscape by re-wilding it with big, juicy prey animals. Publishing their results in the Journal for Nature Conservation, the authors looked at factors affecting populations of three large ungulates in Thailand's Western Forest Complex (WEFCOM), a contiguous network of 17 protected areas that together form the largest remaining forest block in mainland Southeast Asia. The 18,000 square kilometer (6,900 square mile) forest is consid...
MAHWAH, N.J. | November 25, 2020
Jaguar North America Teams up With WCS to Raise Awareness for International Jaguar Day
International Jaguar Day, marked each year on November 29, recognizes the magnificence of the jaguar and the need to protect it from extinction. Today, Jaguar North America, LLC announced its efforts to help raise awareness for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to protect this mighty big cat of the Americas.
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