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King Vulture Chick

WCS’s Bronx Zoo is hand-raising a king vulture chick with a puppet, a complex technique the zoo helped develop more than 40 years ago.

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Avian Influenza

It may take a century before a Southern elephant seal colony, hit by an epidemic, returns to its 2022 numbers, says a new WCS co-authored study. The virus killed almost all newborn pups and an unknown number of adults.

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2024 WCS Impact Report

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April 08, 2025 | CBC

Extinct Species Revived, Sort Of

“Sometimes we get too distracted by the newness of something and forget that what we have already on Earth at the moment is the most remarkable assemblage of species the world has ever seen,” said WCS’s Joe Walston.

March 17, 2025 | The Revelator

Inadvertently Victorious

Hunting enthusiasts moved species like muskoxen and mountain goats to new environments, but their survival in those faraway lands may help animals in other areas.

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