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How The Fate of the Tiger Is in Human Hands

By marvelous fortuity or perhaps especially clever planning, International Tiger Day and World Ranger Day are two days apart on the calendar. On July 29th, the world pauses (one hopes!) to reflect on the magnificence of Asia’s great cat and remind ourselves that its fate ...

A Wild Animal Keeper Embraces a Life of Animal Encounters

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in honor of National Zoo Keeper Week. The natural world and the millions of animals that inhabit and help maintain it have always been major sources of inspiration for me. However, growing up in ...

A Childhood Tiger Encounter Forges a Zoo Keeper

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in honor of National Zoo Keeper Week. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought my career would turn out exactly how I envisioned it when I was younger. When I was as ...

A Passionate Calling to Protect Marine Species

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Women's History Month, WCS and Nature are bringing you seven stories of women in the fields of nature and conservation. On a recent evening as I was leaving my job, I stopped ...

How One Woman Inspires Future Animal Caretakers

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Women's History Month, WCS and Nature are bringing you seven stories of women in the fields of nature and conservation. I am one of the most fortunate people you could ever meet. ...

Nigeria’s First Female Park Controller

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Women's History Month, WCS and Nature are bringing you seven stories of women in the fields of nature and conservation. When I was appointed Conservator of Park (CP) for Nigeria’s Cross River ...

How Global Coral Reef Conservation Is Adapting to COVID-19

This piece comes to us from Dr. Emily Darling, a conservation scientist with WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) who leads WCS’s global coral reef monitoring program. In late February, I was with a team of scientists from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) underwater on one of the Caribbean’s ...