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Amanda is crouching down and opening a small crate on the edge of a lush pond.
Wildlife Medicine Aquatic Animal Health Wildlife Pathology The Student Experience
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Conservation Through Public Health
Oregon Wildlife Safari

From the Mountains to the Sea and Everything in Between: A Journey With Oregon’s State Wildlife Veterinarian

January 13, 2026
On the first day of my externship with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, I shook hands with Dr. Julia Burco, a state wildlife veterinarian, and I felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude and fulfillment....
Shayna is standing next to a research poster titled "A "Purr"-sistent problem: Domestic Cats, Wildlife, and the Spread of Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) in an Urban Setting".
The Student Experience
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
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Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Recue Society
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Baker Institute for Animal Health
Goodman Pathogen Genomics Lab
Canine Distemper Virus
New York City
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Whale
Human Behavior
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health

Bringing One Health to Life at the 2025 Wildlife Disease Association Conference

November 06, 2025
As a veterinary student passionate about wildlife health, One Health, and infectious disease ecology, this experience was a turning point....
Close up of a squirrel perched on a tree branch.
Wildlife Medicine The Student Experience
WildCare
Cornell Wildlife Health Center Student Support Fund
College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Student Experience
Wildlife Hospital
Veterinary Externship
Externship
Wildlife Conservation
Native Wildlife
Human and Wildlife Health
Conservation Medicine

What 1,376 Patients Taught Me About Wildlife Medicine

August 26, 2025
What does it mean to care for 1,376 wild animals over the course of a summer? This past summer, I found out firsthand as a hospital extern at WildCare...
Taking a blood pressure reading from a chimpanzee under anesthesia at Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary.
Wildlife Medicine Planetary Health The Student Experience
Kibale Chimpanzee Project
Kibale National Park
Chimpanzee
Uganda
Kasongoire Forest
Jane Goodall Institute
Habitat Loss
Human and Wildlife Health
Human-Wildlife Conflict
Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary
Wildlife Conservation
Engaged Cornell
Cornell Expanding Horizons
Expanding Horizons International Education Program
Expanding Horizons
Expanding Horizons Program
Wildlife-livestock Interactions
One Health
Lake Victoria
Gender Responsive Economic Enhancement & Natural Ecosystems Resilience
Forest Restoration
Environmental Stewardship
Education and Outreach
Snare-related Injury
Africa

No One Wins When Chimpanzees Lose Their Home: A One Health Study in Uganda

February 06, 2025
In the Kasongoire Forest of western Uganda, nearly 60 chimpanzees build nests and nap in Ficus trees; playful infants jump energetically from hanging vines, while young males sit in circles to groom each other. When you are deep in the forest observing the chimps, it is easy to forget that this forest is only a fraction of its former size....