The Queens Zoo released a short, heart-warming video featuring two young Andean bears playing with a tree branch.

At CITES COP20, we helped deliver historic safeguards for sharks and rays, okapi, Galápagos iguanas, and many other species. Join us for a family holiday festival at WCS’s Bronx Zoo with millions of ...

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1. Sloths fall from trees about once per week. Sloths have extremely poor eyesight, making it difficult to navigate their tree habitat. A slow pace helps, but it isn’t foolproof. These unexpectedly ...