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Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center
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A healthy future for wildlife, people, and planet.

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Aquatic Animal Health The Student Experience
Aquaculture
Aquarium
Aquatic Animal Health
Aquatic Animal Medicine
Aquatic Animals
Aquatic Ecosystem Health
Aquatic Medicine
Aquatics
AQUAVET
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
Cornell Wildlife Health Center Student Support Fund
Student
Student Experience
Student Experiential Learning
Student Learning
Student Support
Veterinary Student
Roger Williams University
Hands-on Experience
marine mammal
Endangered Fish
Farmed fish
Fisheries
Global Climate Change
Fish Pathology
Fish
Fish and Wildlife Health Conservation
Fish Biodiversity
Fish Diseases
Fish Health
Fish Medicine
Wildlife Disease Ecology
Public and Ecosystem Health
Mystic Aquarium
New England Aquarium
Long Island Aquarium
Georgia Sea Turtle Center
Woods Hold Oceanographic Institute
Sea Turtle
Necropsy
Freshwater
Sea Star
Ecosystem
Ecosystem Health
Ecosystem Services
Marine Ecosystems
Department of Public and Ecosystem Health
Water Testing
USGS Western Fisheries Research Center
Sea Lions
Coral
Coral Health
Coral Reef
Coral Reef Ecology

Becoming Veterinary A-“fish”-ionados in AQUAVET I

March 30, 2026
The AQUAVET® I program provides valuable hands-on experience in aquatic veterinary medicine to fill a critical gap in traditional veterinary curricula. Seven students from the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine had the opportunity to attend this incredible program last summer....
A person wearing blue gloves is focusing on a tan gerbil as they perform a blood draw from its tail.
Wildlife Medicine Planetary Health The Student Experience
Kruger National Park
Organization for Tropical Studies
Cornell Expanding Horizons
Parasite
South Africa
Skukuza Science Learning Initiative
Fieldwork
microscopic
mice
Hemoparasites
Bird
Bird Host
Zoonotic Disease
One Health
Disease Transmission
Snail
Parasitology
Freshwater
Disease Ecology
Host Ecology
Molecular Diagnostics
DNA
DNA Samples
PCR
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
Student Experience
Veterinary Student
Foot and Mouth Disease
Ecosystem
Hands-on Experience
Infectious Disease Modeling
Pathogen
dehorning

Parasites, Preservation, and PCRs: A Wild Summer in the South African Bush

October 15, 2025
I had the opportunity to spend two months in the middle of Kruger National Park (KNP) in collaboration with the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)...
A rhinoceros walking through dry grassland with dense green shrubs and trees in the background, under a partly cloudy sky.
Beyond Fences
Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability
Greater One-horned Rhinoceros
African Savanna
Crocodile Bridge Rest Camp
Savanna Science Network Meeting
Kruger National Park
Rhino
Rhinos
Poaching
Ecosystem
Free-ranging Wildlife Conservation
Biodiversity
Biodiversity Conservation
Ecologist
Aerial Darting
African Wildlife
Black Rhino
One-Horned Rhino
Threatened Species
One Health

My Rhinoceros Teacher

July 02, 2025 by Margaret Swift
As dawn yawns and stretches over the African savanna, a line of cars waits impatiently at the wooden gate of Crocodile Bridge Rest Camp. I join the tail end in my tiny white rental car...