‼️ Giant manta off the coast of New York and New Jersey. About 10 feet across. A team of WCS scientists from the New York Aquarium recently spotted it on a research trip to #HudsonCanyon.

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“Science is at the heart of WCS. It’s at the heart of my own identity as a scholar.”

Recently, we welcomed Adam Falk as our new WCS president and CEO. Hear from him on a new episode of #WCSWildAudio.

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If shark and ray protections pass at the upcoming #CITESCOP20, our work will be just beginning.

Next step: helping countries implement these trade restrictions at the national and local level, says @lukedavid301.bsky.social.

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Upcoming #CITESCoP20 meeting matters for the conservation of sharks and rays. Listings from past events were proven difference makers, say WCS's @lukedavid301.bsky.social and Dana Tricarico. www.wcs.org/cites-cop20 🌏

The Tropical Forest Forever Facility is set to launch at #COP30 in Brazil. We are proud to support it, to make this not just a success for Brazil but for the world, says WCS's Joe Walston. tfff.earth 🌎

International trade protections from CITES have proven valuable to helping sharks and rays in the past. The upcoming #CITESCoP20 meeting is a major opportunity to make further progress, says WCS's @lukedavid301.bsky.social. wcs.org/cites-cop20 🌏

It's #InternationalSnowLeopardDay. Last month, WCS teams and partners from across High Asia gathered in Mongolia, one of the snow leopard’s strongholds, to shape a shared vision for the next decade of conservation. Today, we honor this effort to protect the snow leopard across this landscape. 🌏