WCS saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature. Started in 1895 (as the New York Zoological Society), WCS has a long history of ocean conservation and exploration, from its role in the first international wildlife treaties of the 1910s, the earliest deep-sea dives in the 1930s, the first land-sea parks of the 1950s, to the discovery of whale song in the 1970s.Its history in New York is just as strong, going back to its acquisition of the New York Aquarium in 1906, a cultural cornerstone of the city, which just opened the new Ocean Wonders: Sharks! exhibit, and sees nearly a million visitors a year. The WCS New York Seascape Program, as one of WCS’s ten priority seascapes within the global portfolio, serve