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November 05, 2026
Let’s start by addressing the obvious question: How do goats and goat parasites have anything to do with cheetah conservation?...
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November 03, 2026
In this eCornell Keynote presentation, Drs. Laura Melissa Guzman, Wendy Leuenberger, and Robin Radcliffe discuss the importance of insect pollinators for healthy ecosystems and global food production….
October 30, 2026
Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington, is a major community and conservation institution that welcomes Seattle residents and visitors from around the world year-round. Through its wildlife conservation, education, and animal-care programs...
News
October 30, 2026
Dr. Amandine Gamble weighs in on how bird migration affects disease outbreaks, highlighting the need for international collaboration to piece together the global pathogen puzzle.
October 23, 2026
An insect-driven disease that causes high mortality in white-tailed deer, and mimics the symptoms of foot and mouth disease in cattle, is still rare in New York state, but the warming climate may increase its future spread....
October 22, 2026
Migrating birds that breed in the Arctic are spreading avian influenza to polar bears in eastern Greenland, according to a new study that found evidence of infections in bear blood samples acquired from Greenland Inuit subsistence hunters.
October 21, 2026
I was lucky enough to spend four extraordinary weeks as a veterinary extern at the Hawai’i Wildlife Center (HWC). HWC has one goal: to support and protect Hawai'i's native terrestrial vertebrate species....
October 20, 2026
As a recent recipient of a Cornell K. Lisa Yang Postdoctoral Fellowship in Wildlife Health, Dr. Jaime Ortiz Pachar aims to create a genomic basis for sustainable ecosystem management of Galápagos coastal mangrove forests.
October 12, 2026
Though I feared the rain would muffle my call, seconds later I heard the tinkling bear bell, followed by a feathery flag whirling above the shrubs—that is, the tail of a very special dog....
October 12, 2026
Dr. Wendy Leuenberger, a quantitative ecologist and a K. Lisa Yang Postdoctoral Fellow in Wildlife Health, is aiming to evaluate whether state and regional neonicotinoid regulations are successfully reversing pollinator declines.