News tagged with conservation society

Elephant populations decline in the wild, but zoos may not be the answer

Jan 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 1

In Chad, the ivory poachers have upgraded to automatic weapons. Having bolstered the population at this "last stand for elephants" in central Africa, the Wildlife Conservation Society estimated recently that the numbers had ...

A happy new year for penguins

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Dec 31, 2008 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

The Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society announced today that its efforts to protect a wildlife-rich coastal region in South America have paid off in the form of a new coastal marine park recently ...

4 years after tsunami: Corals stage comeback

Space & Earth / Environment

Dec 29, 2008 | 4.1 / 5 (8) | 7

A team of scientists from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has reported a rapid recovery of coral reefs in areas of Indonesia, following the tsunami that devastated coastal regions throughout ...

New national survey says public reveres bison

Biology /

Nov 18, 2008 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

Americans are woefully out of touch with the fact that the American bison, or buffalo, is in trouble as a wild, iconic species, but they do love them as an important symbol of their country—and as an entrée on the dinner ...

Beavers: Dam good for songbirds

Biology /

Oct 08, 2008 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

The songbird has a friend in the beaver. According to a study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the busy beaver's signature dams provide critical habitat for a variety of migratory songbirds, particularly in the ...

Study: urban black bears 'live fast, die young'

Biology /

Sep 30, 2008 | 5 / 5 (1) | 2

Black bears that live around urban areas weigh more, get pregnant at a younger age, and are more likely to die violent deaths, according to a study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).

Photos reveal Myanmar's large and small predators

Biology /

Sep 09, 2008 | 3.7 / 5 (7) | 2

Using remote camera traps to lift the veil on Myanmar's dense northern wild lands, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society have painstakingly gathered a bank of valuable data on the country's populations ...

Unexpected large monkey population discovered

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Aug 28, 2008 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

A Wildlife Conservation Society report reveals surprisingly large populations of two globally threatened primates in a protected area in Cambodia.

Scientists find elephant memories may hold key to survival

Biology /

Aug 11, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 0

A recent study by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) suggests that old female elephants—and perhaps their memories of distant, life-sustaining sources of food and ...

Newly discovered monkey is threatened with extinction

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Jul 28, 2008 | 3.8 / 5 (5) | 0

Just three years after it was discovered, a new species of monkey is threatened with extinction according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, which recently published the first-ever census of the endangered primate. Known ...