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The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild lands through careful science, international conservation, education, and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks. These activities change attitudes toward nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in sustainable interaction on both a local and a global scale. WCS is committed to this work because we believe it essential to the integrity of life on Earth.

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Gibbons Hang Tough in Asia
In Cambodia, WCS researchers find thousands of endangered primates living in a park that was recently the domain of loggers and hunters.
Take action to save Asia’s primates.

Elephant Elders Know Better
A WCS study suggests that the experience of matriarchs may help herds survive in the age of climate change, when animals may have to contend with increasing drought.

Big Boost for Great Apes
A groundbreaking census by WCS scientists shows massive numbers of endangered western lowland gorillas alive and well in the Republic of Congo.

Watch footage of the gorillas.

Close Encounters in the Arctic
In the midst of studying the eroded coastlines of northern Alaska, a WCS crew of scientists faces a new and unusual threat: a polar bear landlocked by climate change.

Help Save Congo’s Gorilla
Take action to protect the newly discovered population of western lowland gorillas. Urge Congress to increase funding to global priority species in their natural habitats.

New Monkey Faces Old Threats
Poaching and illegal logging have driven Tanzania’s kipunji monkey, discovered just three years ago, to the brink of extinction in its tiny forest home.

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