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WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY

How a Wild Animal Keeper Found Her Own Niche

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, WCS and Nature are sharing stories of nature and conservation. As a kid, I sought out any type of experience with an animal I ...

Platooning into a Rewarding Conservation Career

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Women's History Month, WCS and Nature are sharing stories of nature and conservation. If anyone told me when I was young that I would be working for a wildlife conservation organization in ...

Co-Managing Biodiversity in Madagascar

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Women's History Month, WCS and Nature are sharing stories of nature and conservation. My passion for nature began early, inspired by wildlife documentaries and stories of exploration that revealed the richness and ...

A Career in Wildlife Medicine Is Its Own Reward

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Women's History Month, WCS and Nature are sharing stories of nature and conservation. Life as Licensed Veterinary Technician (LVT) at a zoo is equal parts extreme joy, focus, boredom, panic and exhaustion. ...

A Marathon Swimmer in a Race for Its Life

This week, governments from around the world have gathered in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, for the 20th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora—better known as CITES. Among the many proposals on the agenda is one that would place ...

Protecting People to Protect the Planet

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, WCS and Nature are sharing stories of nature and conservation. For a little girl born in Srirangam, in the rice paddy heart of southern ...

Earth Day Is a Time to Focus on Natural Security

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). For over 50 years, we have set aside April 22 as a day to celebrate our planet. It’s a time for many to get outside to our beautiful parks and hike our natural places. ...