Blogs from the Field
A healthy future for wildlife, people, and planet.
![Second-year veterinary resident, Dr. Catherine Bartholf, performing an ultrasound on a snow leopard. Photo: Alexander Levitskiy](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-05/Snow%20leopard%20BLOG%20thumbnail.jpg?itok=i00toHz4)
June 11, 2024
Many have watched episodes of the Animal Planet docuseries “The Zoo,” getting a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the phenomenal conservation, science, and education agenda that is carried out at the Bronx Zoo. As someone interested in zoological medicine, I had always dreamt of training with the Bronx Zoo Zoological Health Program....
![Christian Mazariegos placing a tail guard to prevent damage to the tail feathers on a red-tailed hawk anesthetized for radiographs.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/Christian%20Mazariegos%20BLOG%20thumbnail.jpg?itok=oGHU_QsN)
April 11, 2024
Santa Barbara is widely regarded as one of the most breathtaking coastal cities within the state of California. Home to perfect weather, beautiful beaches, five-star restaurants, and lively bars, it’s pretty safe to assume that I had a “wild” time and partied it up in this amazing city during the ten weeks I spent living there. Well, not exactly. Instead, I had a “wild” time treating wildlife at the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network (SBWCN) as a veterinary extern....
![Adam Frosolone in the field.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-01/Adam%20Frosolone%20Student%20Blog%20thumnail.jpg?itok=Oz6Td15-)
February 09, 2024
This summer, I embarked on an unforgettable journey into the heart of aquatic veterinary medicine with Dr. Tim Miller-Morgan at the Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) in Newport, Oregon. The center is Oregon State University’s coastal campus, also serving as a marine science laboratory and an oceanographic research base for six state and federal agencies....
![Wild snake capture and field sampling. Photo: Hannah Danks](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-01/Jack%20Timmons%20with%20wild%20snake%20by%20Hannah%20Danks%20Blog%20thumnbail.jpg?itok=GwAfcoV6)
January 19, 2024
I had the opportunity to spend this past summer as a wildlife population health extern at the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS). SCWDS is a collaborative wildlife health partnership based at the University of Georgia (UGA)....
![A whale calf’s entangled flipper and how tightly wrapped the line is.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-11/Hall-Whale-entangled-in-monofilament-Photo-1-Breaching-768x433-1.jpeg?itok=08sgh3LD)
November 08, 2023
For my last summer before clinical rotations, I wanted to gain experience with marine animals. I was accepted as an intern with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) Marine Mammal Rescue & Research (MMRR) program in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a unique geographical area where tides and coastlines can suddenly trap a dolphin or whale in inches of water....
![Georgia Aquarium Animal Health Team](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-10/Group%20photo%20for%20Michelle%20Green%20blog%20thumbnail.jpg?itok=j4q3HWaa)
October 25, 2023
I started veterinary school with the goal of working with stingrays, dolphins, and fish. Now, four years later, I can say I have worked at some of the top aquariums and other aquatic facilities in the country and connected with colleagues who are leading this field.