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The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), formerly the New York Zoological Society (NYZS), endeavors to save wildlife and wild lands though careful use of science, conservation around the world, education and through a system of urban wildlife parks. The wildlife parks include the world-renowned Bronx Zoo, New York Aquarium, Central Park Zoo, Queens Zoo and Prospect Park Zoo.

According to WCS's website, its mission is:

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The bird is not completely bald but has a narrow line of hair-like feathers down the centre of its crown

Bizarre bald bird discovered

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An odd songbird with a bald head living in a rugged region in Laos has been discovered by scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and University of Melbourne, as part of a project ...


Turtle thought to be extinct spotted in Myanmar (AP)

Turtle thought to be extinct spotted in Myanmar

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- The rare Arakan forest turtle, once though to be extinct, has been rediscovered in a remote forest in Myanmar, boosting chances of saving the reptile after hunting almost destroyed its population, ...


New monkey discovered in Brazil

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today the discovery of a new monkey in a remote region of the Amazon in Brazil.


Bizarre bird gets private beach in Indonesia (AP)

Bizarre bird gets private beach in Indonesia

Biology / Ecology

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(AP) -- A species of birds able to fly immediately after hatching from eggs buried beneath the tropical sand has just been given its own private beach in eastern Indonesia, a conservation group said Friday.


Saharan Cheetah

Camera trap survey snaps cheetahs in Algeria

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created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A Wildlife Conservation Society-supported survey of the Sahara has captured the first camera-trap photographs of the critically endangered Saharan cheetah in Algeria. The survey was conducted by researchers ...


Aceh Coral Transplant Site

4 years after tsunami: Corals stage comeback

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 29, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 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 ...


List of 'unsung' wildlife affected by climate change released

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The Wildlife Conservation Society today released a list of animals facing new impacts by climate change, some in strange and unexpected ways.


Oil and wildlife don't mix in Ecuador's Eden

Oil and wildlife don't mix in Ecuador's Eden

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

What harm can a simple road do in a pristine place such as Ecuador's Yasuni National Park, home to peccaries, tapirs, monkeys and myriad other wildlife species? A great deal, it turns out. Specifically, it ...


Reintroduced Chinese alligators now multiplying in the wild in China

Reintroduced Chinese alligators now multiplying in the wild in China

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Wildlife Conservation Society announced today that critically endangered alligators in China have a new chance for survival. The WCS's Bronx Zoo, in partnership with two other North American parks and ...


Tracking tigers in 3-D

Tracking tigers in 3-D

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New software developed with help from the Wildlife Conservation Society will allow tiger researchers to rapidly identify individual animals by creating a three-dimensional model using photos taken by remote ...


Jaguar Camera Trap

Big cats, wild pigs and short-eared dogs -- oh, my!

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created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) released photos today from the first large-scale census of jaguars in the Amazon region of Ecuador—one of the most biologically rich regions on the planet.


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

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created Jan 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 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 ...


WCS study on birds and streams included in federal guidelines to safeguard waterways

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The results of a Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) study that rapidly measures stream habitat have been adopted by a government agency working with private landowners to restore waterways throughout the U.S.


Afghanistan releases its first-ever list of protected species

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today that the Afghanistan's National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA), in an effort to safeguard its natural heritage, has released the country's first-ever list of protected ...


Want to Count Wild Tigers? Go to YouTube

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s India Program (WCS - India) has released a unique training video on YouTube that showcases the latest scientific methods for estimating the numbers of wild tigers and their prey.