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Rhino in a river, almost submerged in the water
Wildlife Pathology
Rhino
Nepal
Chitwan National Park
Wildlife Pathology
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Fellow
Histopathology
Agriculture and Forestry University
Grundium Ocus
Greater One-horned Rhinoceros
Wildlife Mass Mortality
Vector-Borne Disease
Wildlife Research
Wildlife Diagnostics
Pathogen
Wildlife Conservation
National Trust for Nature Conservation
Nepal’s National Trust for Nature Conservation
Mosquito
invasive plants
Grundium

Lunching with Rhinos: Threats to Nepal’s Rhinos Have Been Consuming My Thoughts

April 23, 2025 by Carmen Smith
It was a misty morning on the outskirts of Chitwan National Park in Nepal, and I awoke after a night of little sleep broken by the sounds of dogs barking and roosters crowing....
Amir Sadaula collecting blood from an immobilized rhino.
Wild Carnivores Where's Martin? Wildlife Pathology
Canine Distemper Virus
Nepal
Himalayas
Chitwan National Park
National Trust for Nature Conservation
Biodiversity
Disease Investigation
Wildlife Pathology

Towards New Wildlife Health Partnerships in a Changing World

November 11, 2020 by Martin Gilbert
As I write this in summer 2020, it is almost six months since the first reports that a mysterious new pathogen was emerging in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Given the pandemic that ensued, few of us remain unaware of the omnipotent reach of wildlife-origin microbes to disrupt our health, our economies and our liberty....