RSS Channels IndexNo Need to Battle with Cattle: New Study Points to Win-Win Solution for Livestock and the Environment
A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Animal & Human Health for the Environment And Development (AHEAD) Program, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), and regional partners finds that a new approach to beef production in southern Africa could...
5/30/2013 6:00 PM EDT
Guatemala’s Jaguars: Capturing Phantoms in Photos
The Wildlife Conservation Society today released this photograph of a male jaguar taken by a remote camera trap in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve. Activated by motion or heat differentials, camera traps “capture” pictures of secretive and...
5/28/2013 3:00 PM EDT
Slow and Steady, Turtles Gain Ground
WCS builds assurance colonies in its zoos
and in the field to help restore endangered turtles.
5/23/2013 11:00 AM EDT
Conservationists Release Manual on Protecting Great Apes in Forest Concessions
A new report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) highlights the plight of great apes in the forest concessions of Central Africa and recommends actions to improve protection for gorillas and chimpanzees in these mixed-used...
5/21/2013 3:00 PM EDT
WCS Informs Discussion of Responses to a Changing Arctic
In two critical reports released at the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Kiruna, Sweden on May 15th, the scientific expertise of the Wildlife Conservation Society helped inform an international body of senior government officials about changing...
5/20/2013 5:00 PM EDT
Reports from the Central African Republic Indicate Security Has Returned to Dzanga-Sangha National Park
The following statement was released today by the Wildlife Conservation Society President and CEO Cristián Samper in response to the news that Gabon has agreed to help improve the management of the Central African Republic’s protected areas,...
5/19/2013 3:00 PM EDT
“One Health” Paradigm for the Future Featured In Medical School Textbook
In the new medical textbook, Jekel’s Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Preventive Medicine, and Public Health (Elsevier, 2013), Wildlife Conservation Society veterinarian and Director of Health Policy, Dr. Steve Osofsky, offers a holistic approach to...
5/16/2013 11:00 AM EDT
Statement on Violence in Central African Republic
The Wildlife Conservation Society issued statements today following reports that poachers killing elephants in the Central African Republic had entered Dzanga Bai, which is located in a World Heritage Site. Reports from the field indicate that...
5/10/2013 10:00 AM EDT