View the animal images that captured the most votes throughout our 50-day campaign, highlighting iconic wildlife, the challenges they face, and the work that WCS is doing to protect them through the ...

Your tax-deductible gift supports cutting-edge exhibits, first-class animal care, and in-depth research to help threatened wildlife survive and thrive. WCS, the “W” logo, WE STAND FOR WILDLIFE, I ...

Your tax-deductible gift supports cutting-edge exhibits, first-class animal care, and in-depth research to help threatened wildlife survive and thrive. WCS, the “W” logo, WE STAND FOR WILDLIFE, I ...

Join us in New York on April 4 and 5 for award-winning natural history films and intimate conversations with filmmakers and experts. Visit with some of our field teams and see their dedication, ...

Climate change is among the greatest challenges of our time, with devastating impacts for people and biodiversity across the globe. WCS’s Forest and Climate Change Program works on innovative ...

Q. To what extent is ivory consumption in the U.S. contributing to the African elephant poaching crisis? A. While the largest ivory consumer nations are in Asia, the U.S. has one of the bigger markets ...

“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.

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.

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.

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.