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Read MoreCounting Forest Elephants
Forest elephants are now Critically Endangered. Counting them is important to assessing conservation efforts, but it can be a challenge given the dense forest habitat they live in. A new study evaluates the best methods.
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Historical Drawings Released
WCS has published a digital archive of 2,200 historical wildlife illustrations from its Department of Tropical Research, which ran from 1916 to 1965.
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Zoos and Aquarium
Through our five zoological parks in New York, we're able to connect people to animals and nature and inspire them to care about conservation.
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Education
WCS has been advancing science education and increasing ecological literacy since 1929. Today, more than 150,000 students participate in classes, tours, and outreach programs each year at our four zoos and our aquarium.
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Seeing is Believing
The climate crisis is happening now. On a global scale. Impacting all life on Earth. Humans, fauna, and flora. Here are the direct impacts WCS staff and friends are seeing on the ground.
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In the news
Speed Bumps Aid Endangered Primates
The rate of collisions between cars and red colobuses has halved, according to a group of researchers, including from WCS.
A Year Without Travel
"The important thing," said WCS's Joe Walston, "is to build back the kind of tourism that supports nature.”
We Stand for Wildlife
Join more than one million wildlife lovers working to save the Earth's most treasured and threatened species.
