Blogs from the Field
A healthy future for wildlife, people, and planet.
September 16, 2025
by
Victoria Priester
Every seal or porpoise that strands tells a story of the life it lived and how it died, though some findings from necropsies make more complete stories than others....
When the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab investigates mortalities in wildlife, our specially trained pathologists use diagnostic tools to crack the case....
March 19, 2019
by
Melissa Fadden and
Jennifer Peaslee
What do you call the post-mortem examination of an animal? The appropriate term is “necropsy,” derived from necro (“death”)….