USA organization managing national and international conservation projects, research and education programs.
Link: wcs.org
Tortoise Trafficking Raging Out of Control in Madagascar Conservation groups urge authorities to clamp down on black market trade Since the beginning of the year, more than 1,000 individual tortoises have been seized from would-be smugglers NEW YORK (May 2, 2013) — Illegal trafficking...
Speak Out for Wildlife in Afghanistan Snow leopards, Asiatic black bears, and other wildlife survivors need your voice Take Action Safe Passages Watch videos about migrations great and small and meet the WCS conservationists who are guarding the way forward Watch Now Julie Larsen Mahe...
—Marine researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society and other groups have created a map of the world’s corals and their exposure to stress factors, including high temperatures, ultra-violet radiation, weather systems, sedimentation, as well as stress-reducing factors such as te...
A group of sea turtles off the coast of central Africa offered scientists a lesson in international diplomacy this week. Marine conservationists have been tracking olive ridley turtles via satellite to prevent them from getting tangled in fishing nets. Unfortunately, these ocean marin...
Each May, millions of shorebirds and waterfowl migrate from every continent and every ocean to breed on the immense wetlands of Arctic Alaska’s coastal plain. These winged visitors include buff-breasted sandpipers from South America, bar-tailed godwits from New Zealand, Arctic terns f...
New research has found that black bears and other large carnivores may be impacted by urbanization, roads and border security activities along the U.S.–Mexico border. The paper was co-authored by WCS conservationist Jon Beckmann, along with researchers from the USDA-National Wildlife ...
