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April 16, 2026
This past summer, I served as the principal field investigator for the Kanchenjunga community livestock and carnivore conflict study in Taplejung District, Nepal.
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December 05, 2025
Dr. Martin Gilbert, Wild Carnivore Health Specialist, discusses Cornell's collaborative research efforts to understand the threats facing the dhole, one of Asia’s most endangered carnivores.
October 23, 2025
On the recommendation of Cornell’s Dr. Martin Gilbert, I reached out to Dr. Ashley Reeves, the research veterinarian for the East Foundation, a private nonprofit focused on land stewardship...
September 15, 2025
Why are eastern rockhopper penguin populations plummeting in New Zealand? What’s a reliable, rapid test for detecting rodenticide poisoning in live birds of prey? How can we use technology to help diagnose wildlife diseases in Nepal while training local scientists?
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...
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July 09, 2025
While in Chitwan, Nepal, Drs. Carmen Smith and Martin Gilbert captured footage of a free-roaming greater one-horned rhino passing through the bar.
May 21, 2025
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Martin Gilbert
The sun had long since submerged beneath the tree line, and the Bueng Pan ranger station was settling in for the evening. Smoke from the kitchen fire drifted over the grassland, and a radio burbled away to itself happily in Thai....
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May 16, 2025
While conducting fieldwork to safeguard the future of rhinos, Dr. Martin Gilbert, wildlife veterinarian and epidemiologist, encountered this greater one-horned rhino enjoying the water in Chitwan National Park, Nepal.
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April 30, 2025
You are never far from a leopard in rural Nepal! On his first night in the field, our Wild Carnivore Health Specialist, Dr. Martin Gilbert, captured this footage of a nocturnal visitor while testing camera traps behind his hotel room!
April 23, 2025
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Carmen Smith
It was a misty morning on the outskirts of Chitwan National Park in Nepal, and I awoke after a night of little sleep broken by the sounds of dogs barking and roosters crowing....