In the News
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.
News
October 08, 2026
Like a dark cloud of pestilence spreading across the globe in a science fiction movie, a highly contagious, fatal strain of avian influenza is continuing its death march across the globe, infecting wild birds, poultry, dairy cattle, and mammals from pole-to-pole, sometimes with massive mortalities.
News
October 06, 2026
Three bald eagles, including an adult and two juveniles, were reintroduced to the wild in New York's Southern Tier last month.
Blog
October 05, 2026
Cornell's Zoo and Wildlife Society (ZAWS) shares about their first event of the semester, featuring five incredible panelists, Drs. Steven Osofsky, Noha Abou-Madi, Cynthia Hopf-Dennis, Jan Lovy, and Jennifer Bloodgood.
Blog
September 11, 2026
Over the summer, I had the exciting opportunity to extern with Michigan’s State Wildlife Pathologist. The pathologist, state wildlife veterinarian, and numerous biologists and conservation officers all work for the Department of Natural Resources...