In the News
March 09, 2026
Restoring traditional herding practices in northern Botswana keeps livestock safe from predators and diseases, reduces retaliatory killings of lions, and offers hope for restoring wildlife corridors.
Podcast
February 25, 2026
Dr. Steve Osofsky shares how a potential paradigm shift in southern African livestock disease management has extraordinary implications for wildlife conservation.
February 09, 2026
Life-saving lessons come from understanding diseases shared by wildlife and humans.
February 03, 2026
Vast fences erected to protect cattle from catching diseases from wildlife and other livestock in southern Africa are in disrepair, restrict wildlife migrations, and likely intensify human-elephant conflict; removing key sections could help pastoralists and wildlife, our latest study suggests....
Video
January 22, 2026
In this eCornell Keynote presentation, Drs. Sara Childs-Sanford, Cynthia Hopf-Dennis, and Taylor Haefs from the Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital discuss how their team cares for over 2,000 patients each year and what’s being learned about the wider disease and environmental threats to wildlife in the northeastern U.S....
Podcast
November 06, 2025
Tune in to MSU's Extraordinary Vets podcast, featuring Dr. Steve Osofsky—wildlife veterinarian, conservationist, and One Health pioneer. You’ll enjoy a candid discussion about creative ways to navigate a career in wildlife conservation through a One Health lens!
Video
October 27, 2025
Dr. Steve Osofsky moderates a discussion on opportunities for addressing wildlife health, natural resources management, and related economic challenges at the Fall 2025 National Academy of Sciences Board on Animal Health Sciences, Conservation, and Research meeting.
Video
October 27, 2025
As a panelist at the Fall 2025 Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences Board on Animal Health Sciences, Conservation, and Research, Dr. Steve Osofsky discusses approaches to wildlife-compatible land use, environmental conservation as a cost-effective public health intervention, and more.
Podcast
October 16, 2025
Tune in to learn how Steve Osofsky, DVM '89, the Jay Hyman Professor of Wildlife Health & Health Policy and director of the Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health, helped establish the concepts of One Health, Planetary Health, and more....
July 08, 2025
Center director, Dr. Steve Osofsky, cautions against the serious consequences of reducing federal funding for the development and production of mRNA vaccines targeting pandemic influenza viruses, including H5N1 avian flu.