display Latest news from Wildlife Conservation Society on Newswise en-us Copyright 2024 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/new-york-aquarium-turns-into-ascarium-again-for-halloween/?sc=rsin /articles/new-york-aquarium-turns-into-ascarium-again-for-halloween/?sc=rsin Fri, 06 Sep 2024 08:05:14 EST This October, the New York Aquarium is getting into the Halloween spirit with the return of Ascarium.​​Ascarium is a family-friendly festival that takes over the New York Aquarium during the last two weekends of October. Perfect for all ages, guests will enjoy a variety of fall entertainment, activities, and parades while learning about the incredible (and sometimes spooky!) marine wildlife at the aquarium. Wildlife Conservation Society /articles/la-wcs-et-le-minist-re-congolais-de-l-conomie-foresti-re-lancent-le-projet-pilote-hifor-high-integrity-forest-investment-initiative/?sc=rsin /articles/la-wcs-et-le-minist-re-congolais-de-l-conomie-foresti-re-lancent-le-projet-pilote-hifor-high-integrity-forest-investment-initiative/?sc=rsin Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:05:53 EST Pour aider a financer la protection des dernieres forets a haute integrite, le ministere congolais de l'Economie Forestiere et la WCS ont lance ce 30 aout le projet pilote HIFOR dans le Parc National de Nouabale-Ndoki. Wildlife Conservation Society /articles/congolese-minister-of-forest-economy-and-wcs-formally-launch-pilot-high-integrity-forest-investment-initiative-hifor-project/?sc=rsin /articles/congolese-minister-of-forest-economy-and-wcs-formally-launch-pilot-high-integrity-forest-investment-initiative-hifor-project/?sc=rsin Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:05:13 EST To help finance the protection of the world's remaining high integrity forests, Congo's Minister of Forest Economy and WCS have launched on August 30 Africa's first HIFOR project in Nouabale-Ndoki National Park. Wildlife Conservation Society /articles/boo-at-the-zoo-returns-to-the-bronx-zoo-for-good-family-fun/?sc=rsin /articles/boo-at-the-zoo-returns-to-the-bronx-zoo-for-good-family-fun/?sc=rsin Tue, 03 Sep 2024 09:05:02 EST The Bronx Zoo's favorite fall tradition, Boo at the Zoo, returns for another year of family fun. On Saturdays and Sundays from September 28 to October 27 (and Monday, October 14th), zoo guests can get into the spooky spirit as new and returning Halloween festivities come to life throughout the park and make unforgettable fall memories with family and friends. Tickets are now available here. Wildlife Conservation Society /articles/the-first-international-guanaco-day-will-be-celebrated-friday-august-23/?sc=rsin /articles/the-first-international-guanaco-day-will-be-celebrated-friday-august-23/?sc=rsin Thu, 22 Aug 2024 09:05:19 EST This Friday, August 23, marks the first celebration of International Guanaco Day, a celebratory day agreed upon by 40 governmental, academic, Indigenous, and civil society organizations, mainly from the countries inhabited by this native herbivore (Lama guanicoe) that connects landscapes and cultures in South America. Wildlife Conservation Society /articles/walmart-foundation-invests-in-wildlife-conservation-society-to-support-smallholder-farmers-and-forests-in-aceh/?sc=rsin /articles/walmart-foundation-invests-in-wildlife-conservation-society-to-support-smallholder-farmers-and-forests-in-aceh/?sc=rsin Tue, 20 Aug 2024 09:05:41 EST The Walmart Foundation has provided the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) a four-year grant that will significantly boost its work in Indonesia. The grant will support a landscape initiative in southern Aceh Province: a key region for forests and biodiversity and for smallholder farming communities. Wildlife Conservation Society /articles/wcs-leads-new-plan-to-save-nigeria-s-elephant-population/?sc=rsin /articles/wcs-leads-new-plan-to-save-nigeria-s-elephant-population/?sc=rsin Fri, 16 Aug 2024 08:05:06 EST As Nigeria's elephant population approaches survival threshold, the federal government, supported by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Elephant Protection Initiative, has adopted a ten-year plan to protect the country's remaining 400 pachyderms. Wildlife Conservation Society /articles/southern-pudu-fawn-one-of-the-world-s-smallest-deer-species-debuts-at-the-queens-zoo/?sc=rsin /articles/southern-pudu-fawn-one-of-the-world-s-smallest-deer-species-debuts-at-the-queens-zoo/?sc=rsin Thu, 15 Aug 2024 05:05:07 EST A southern pudu fawn, one of the smallest deer species in the world, is debuting at the Queens Zoo. Born on June 21at about 2 pounds, the fawn shares a habitat with its parents at the Queens Zoo's Wild Side. The species, when fully grown, can weigh up to 15 to 20 pounds and stand 14-17 inches tall. Wildlife Conservation Society /articles/le-parc-national-de-bouba-ndjidda-au-cameroun-est-une-lueur-d-espoir-pour-le-lion-en-afrique-centrale/?sc=rsin /articles/le-parc-national-de-bouba-ndjidda-au-cameroun-est-une-lueur-d-espoir-pour-le-lion-en-afrique-centrale/?sc=rsin Tue, 13 Aug 2024 11:05:56 EST Afin d'intensifier les efforts de protection des lions d'Afrique centrale, une equipe d'eco-gardes et de biologistes camerounais du ministere des Forets et de la Faune (MINFOF) et de la Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) a pose des colliers GPS sur sept des grands felins du parc national de Bouba Ndjidda, ce qui porte a dix le nombre de lions munis d'un collier. Wildlife Conservation Society /articles/cameroon-s-bouba-ndjidda-national-park-is-a-beacon-of-hope-for-the-lion-in-central-africa/?sc=rsin /articles/cameroon-s-bouba-ndjidda-national-park-is-a-beacon-of-hope-for-the-lion-in-central-africa/?sc=rsin Tue, 13 Aug 2024 11:05:25 EST Ramping up protection efforts of Endangered Central African lions, a team of Cameroonian rangers and biologists from the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF) and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), has placed GPS collars on seven of the big cats in Cameroon's Bouba Ndjidda National Park; this brings the number of collared lions to ten. Wildlife Conservation Society /articles/red-crowned-crane-one-of-the-largest-and-most-threatened-crane-species-in-the-world-debuts-at-the-bronx-zoo/?sc=rsin /articles/red-crowned-crane-one-of-the-largest-and-most-threatened-crane-species-in-the-world-debuts-at-the-bronx-zoo/?sc=rsin Thu, 08 Aug 2024 09:05:29 EST A red-crowned crane chick, one of the largest and most threatened crane species in the world, is debuting at the Bronx Zoo. Wildlife Conservation Society /articles/community-focused-approaches-to-fisheries-governance-transform-local-perceptions/?sc=rsin /articles/community-focused-approaches-to-fisheries-governance-transform-local-perceptions/?sc=rsin Wed, 07 Aug 2024 09:05:39 EST New social science shows that community engagement and capacity building work can markedly improve local perceptions of fisheries governance capacity, restrictions, and management rules. Wildlife Conservation Society /articles/madidi-national-park-in-bolivia-may-be-the-protected-area-with-the-highest-amphibian-species-diversity-in-the-world/?sc=rsin /articles/madidi-national-park-in-bolivia-may-be-the-protected-area-with-the-highest-amphibian-species-diversity-in-the-world/?sc=rsin Mon, 05 Aug 2024 08:05:52 EST Wildlife Conservation Society /articles/un-projet-pionnier-de-collaboration-public-priv-c-l-bre-25-ans-de-conservation-de-la-biodiversit-en-r-publique-du-congo/?sc=rsin /articles/un-projet-pionnier-de-collaboration-public-priv-c-l-bre-25-ans-de-conservation-de-la-biodiversit-en-r-publique-du-congo/?sc=rsin Mon, 05 Aug 2024 08:05:37 EST Une innovante collaboration public-prive, le Projet de Gestion des Ecosystemes Peripheriques (PROGEPP), celebre 25 ans de protection des gorilles, elephants et autres especes sauvages et de renforcement des communautes locales. Wildlife Conservation Society /articles/pioneering-public-private-collaboration-celebrates-25-years-of-biodiversity-conservation-in-the-republic-of-congo/?sc=rsin /articles/pioneering-public-private-collaboration-celebrates-25-years-of-biodiversity-conservation-in-the-republic-of-congo/?sc=rsin Mon, 05 Aug 2024 08:05:07 EST An innovative public-private collaboration, the Peripheral Ecosystem Management Project (PROGEPP), is celebrating 25 years of protecting gorillas, elephants and other wildlife and for empowering local communities. Wildlife Conservation Society /articles/great-news-for-the-endangered-tiger-a-250-percent-increase-in-tiger-numbers-recorded-in-thailand/?sc=rsin /articles/great-news-for-the-endangered-tiger-a-250-percent-increase-in-tiger-numbers-recorded-in-thailand/?sc=rsin Mon, 29 Jul 2024 08:05:12 EST There's phenomenal news for the Endangered tiger: There's been a 250 percent increase in tiger numbers in Thailand's Western Forest Complex (WEFCOM) over a 15-year period from 2007 to 2023. Wildlife Conservation Society /articles/in-papua-new-guinea-explorers-study-one-of-the-most-biodiverse-oceans-on-earth/?sc=rsin /articles/in-papua-new-guinea-explorers-study-one-of-the-most-biodiverse-oceans-on-earth/?sc=rsin Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:05:51 EST WCS Papua New Guinea, lead national NGO partner on the expedition, lauds the continued attention on and ambition for Papua New Guinea's coastal seas, particularly in light of recent major MPA commitments made by local communities who will be visited during the course of the expedition Wildlife Conservation Society /articles/coffee-producers-capture-rare-amazon-weasel-on-video/?sc=rsin /articles/coffee-producers-capture-rare-amazon-weasel-on-video/?sc=rsin Wed, 17 Jul 2024 14:05:05 EST A group of coffee producers has filmed an extremely rare small carnivore, the Amazon weasel (Neogale africana), near their shade-grown plots as part of a citizen science monitoring program. This species has never previously been recorded in Bolivia. Wildlife Conservation Society /articles/en-r-publique-du-congo-un-parc-national-devient-le-premier-site-au-monde-reconnu-pour-son-int-grit-cologique-selon-les-standards-mondiaux-des-zones-cl-s-pour-la-biodiversit/?sc=rsin /articles/en-r-publique-du-congo-un-parc-national-devient-le-premier-site-au-monde-reconnu-pour-son-int-grit-cologique-selon-les-standards-mondiaux-des-zones-cl-s-pour-la-biodiversit/?sc=rsin Mon, 24 Jun 2024 13:05:48 EST A la suite d'un processus approfondi base sur les standards mondiaux des Zones Cles pour la Biodiversite (KBA), le Parc National de Nouabale-Ndoki, gere par la WCS depuis plus de 30 ans, est devenu le premier site au monde a etre reconnu pour son integrite ecologique. Wildlife Conservation Society /articles/world-s-first-key-biodiversity-area-identified-under-ecological-integrity-criteria-in-the-republic-of-the-congo/?sc=rsin /articles/world-s-first-key-biodiversity-area-identified-under-ecological-integrity-criteria-in-the-republic-of-the-congo/?sc=rsin Mon, 24 Jun 2024 13:05:05 EST As a result of a thorough process based on the Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) Standard, Nouabale-Ndoki National Park, which has been under WCS management for over 30 years, has become the first site in the world to be recognized for its ecological integrity - a measure of the region's robust natural processes and resilience against disturbances. Wildlife Conservation Society