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A healthy future for wildlife, people, and planet.

A person wearing blue gloves is focusing on a tan gerbil as they perform a blood draw from its tail.
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)...
Alina and Klara in lab
Wildlife Pathology
Collaboration
Serbia
Wild Ungulate
Kyrgyzstan
Partnerships
Wild Mountain Goat
Wild Mountain Sheep
Pathogen
Ilbirs Foundation
Ministry of Natural Resources
Ecology and Technical Supervision
Kyrgyz Research Institute of Veterinary named after A. Duisheev
Wild Sheep Foundation
Siberian Ibex
Argali Sheep
Remote Sampling
Laboratory Analysis
Diagnostic Tools
Biotehnika
Serology
Biotechnologist
Laboratory
Professional Development
Protocol Optimization
Brucellosis in Wildlife
Zoonotic Disease
Zoonotic Pathogen

Our Experience Working in the Biotehnika Laboratory in Kraljevo, Serbia: New Knowledge and Unforgettable Impressions

July 11, 2025
Collaboration with local professionals is an integral part of every international project undertaken by the Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health. In Kyrgyzstan, we have been working closely with our local collaborators...
Carolina Baquerizo and team collecting fecal samples for the study
Planetary Health The Student Experience
Student Experience
Cornell Expanding Horizons
Expanding Horizons Program
Conservation Through Public Health
Gorilla Conservation Camp
Gorilla
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Uganda
Gorillas
Zoonotic Disease
Zoonotic Pathogen
Community-based conservancy
Conservation
Education
Conservation Curriculum

Learning to ‘Walk with Gorillas’ in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

August 23, 2023
Working with primates is something I had avoided for a while. Most of my interest has been in southern Africa, with ungulates like giraffes, antelope, and pachyderms being my main focus. Yet I felt that, following the COVID-19 pandemic, learning more about wild primate health would be vital....