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A healthy future for wildlife, people, and planet.

Four people wearing gloves stand on a beach around a covered animal carrier, holding wooden boards labeled Marine Wildlife Rescue”
Wildlife Medicine Aquatic Animal Health The Student Experience
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
Student
Student Experience
Student Experiential Learning
Aquatic veterinary medicine
College of Veterinary Medicine
Elephant Seals
Sea Lion
Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute
marine mammal
Stranding
Marine Mammal Stranding
Aquatic Animal Medicine
Aquatic Animal Health
Aquatic Animals
Release
Wildlife Release
Reproduction
Reproductive Biology
Climate Change
Global Climate Change
Environmental Pollution

Wildlife Conservation Gets a Seal of Approval

March 10, 2026
Each spring brings familiar and unfortunately common threats to wildlife conservation along the California coast. Northern elephant seal pups, born in the first months of the year, are weaned from their mothers, leaving them vulnerable as they learn to find food on their own....
Two wildlife workers handle a tranquilized animal beside a large metal crate labeled "WARNING WILD ANIMALS" in a dry grassland, with mountains in the background and a red helicopter flying in the sky.
Aquatic Animal Health Wildlife Medicine The Student Experience
Conservation Biology
Wildlife
Conservation
Jake Holshuh
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
Student
Free-ranging Wildlife Conservation
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Externship
Veterinary Externship
University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Wildlife Health Lab
Aerial Darting
UC Berkeley California Wolf Project
grey wolf
Population Health
One Health
Wildlife Disease
Wildlife Toxicology
Point Reyes National Seashore
Disease Ecology
Human-Wildlife Conflict
Oiled Wildlife Care Network
Oil Spill
UC Santa Cruz
Marine Wildlife
Wildlife Veterinarian
Wildlife Pathology
Applied Research
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Elephant Seals

A Snapshot of California’s Wildlife Work

September 25, 2025
In an ever-changing society, the roles of biologists and veterinarians remain essential in the conservation of wildlife and biodiversity more broadly....