At WCS, we are on the ground across the world protecting wildlife, tackling poaching and disease, protecting and restoring habitat, keeping forests and savanna thriving, securing wildlife corridors, ...

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 ...

Climate change is among the greatest challenges of our time, with devastating impacts for people and biodiversity across the globe. WCS’s Forest and Climate Change Program works on innovative ...

Our goal is to conserve the world's largest wild places in 14 priority regions, habitat for around 50% of the world’s biodiversity and a wide range of charismatic megafauna.

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 ...

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 ...

Q. To what extent is ivory consumption in the U.S. contributing to the African elephant poaching crisis? A. While the largest ivory consumer nations are in Asia, the U.S. has one of the bigger markets ...

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 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 ...