I recently started working with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) as a Water Quality Lab Technician at the New York Aquarium. This is my first job in the ecology/conservation field after graduating from college ...

Red panda (Ailurus fulgens): a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. AKA: the lesser panda, the red cat bear, and the firefox. Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata Class: | Mammalia Order: ...

My journey into the conservation field began in 1995. It was then I began working part-time as an accounting clerk at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo—in our “bank” located in the cashroom. My main ...

As a young New Yorker growing up in the Bronx, visiting the Bronx Zoo for my annual class field trip was always a highlight of the year. The zoo provided a magical experience, where I could see animals from all over ...

Dhole (Cuon alpinus): a canid native to Central, South, East and Southeast Asia. AKA: Asian wild dog, Asiatic wild dog, Indian wild dog, whistling dog, red dog, red wolf, and mountain wolf. Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: ...

Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos): a bird of prey living in the Northern Hemisphere. Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata Class: | Aves Order: | Falconiformes Family: | Accipitridae Genus: | Aquila Species: | A. chrysaetos ...

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Conservation technology helps conservationists monitor one of nature’s most impressive spectacles: the nesting of giant Amazonian River turtles ...

Howard Hall, one of the world’s foremost underwater filmmakers, brings to NATURE a lifetime of insights into how life in the ocean really works – in surprisingly cooperative communities built on age-old partnerships. ...