Right now, WCS conservationists are working on the ground around the world to save some of the most spectacular and imperiled wildlife on the planet. We need your help to continue this important work.

As human beings, we connect to nature with a force as strong as the pull of gravity. We depend on nature. Zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, national parks, the conservation movement—indeed, the ...

“The world’s biodiversity is facing threats from all angles. Wilderness areas are vanishing and fauna and flora species are facing extinction like never before. The team at WCS is relentless in its ...

We are protecting regions that are biologically outstanding and where the long-term conservation of species and ecological processes is viable.

WCS maintains 13 species of critically endangered tortoises and freshwater turtles in its New York-based zoos and aquarium, a number of which are approaching extinction in the wild. WCS works with ...

To contribute WCS's scientific, technical, and policy expertise to international discussions between governments and influence international policies and commitments that will benefit wildlife and ...

When you give to WCS you're helping ensure a future for the earth's most magnificent creatures and the habitats critical to their survival. Make your tax-deductible gift today! WCS, the “W” logo, WE ...

The greatest challenge to both forest elephants and savannah elephants today is illegal killing to feed the ivory trade. Between 2007 and 2016 alone, some 100,000 were poached across the continent. In ...

Hiking in the hills of northern Pakistan in the 1970s, WCS Senior Conservationist George Schaller spotted a snow leopard some 150 feet away. "Wisps of clouds swirled around," he later wrote in Stones ...

Help people protect the wildlife and natural systems meaningful to them, while ensuring that local families do not unjustly shoulder the costs of establishing and sustainably managing protected areas.

Our goal is to conserve the world's largest wild places in 14 priority regions, habitat for around 50% of the world’s biodiversity and a wide range of charismatic megafauna.

The race to save wildlife and wild places is picking up pace—and for the health of our planet and our own survival, we cannot afford to lose. WCS’s frontline conservation efforts would not be possible ...