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Jan Lovy wearing a coat and coveralls, looking down in a rural lab setting.

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Dr. Jan Lovy shares the journey that brought him to Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine, where he now serves as an associate professor in the Department of Public and Ecosystem Health.
Two huts that are raised from the ground in a remote setting.

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As climate change intensifies weather extremes, conflict displaces populations, and infectious disease outbreaks restrict movement, the need for remote, low-cost dietary monitoring tools has never been greater....
Catalyzing Conservation Fund

Five new projects supported by the Catalyzing Conservation Fund are tackling urgent challenges wild species and local communities face across four continents and an array of marine and terrestrial ecosystems, from the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific Coral Triangle to the frozen tundras of the circumpolar Arctic.
Serene, calm lake surrounded by green trees with a bench on the shore.

Cornell's Dr. Katie Fiorella weighs in as researchers find surprising pop-ups of harmful algal blooms in Cayuga Lake, even in cooler temperatures.
Three penguins stand and walk along a sandy, rocky shoreline beside ocean waves

A population genetic study of endangered penguins combined with genome-wide associations in the context of infectious disease outbreaks highlights the need for tailored management and conservation plans for species with fragmented populations....
Whale fin above the water in the middle of the ocean.

Four sperm whales that stranded separately on southeastern U.S. coastlines between 2020-22 were emaciated and malnourished, with ingested fishing gear and marine debris found in two of them, according to a new study that compared the four cases....
Three elephant seals laying together on the sand.

Ever since a deadly strain of avian influenza, H5N1, killed some 17,000 southern elephant seal pups on South American coastlines in 2023 and 2024, researchers and public officials have kept an extra-close eye on California’s northern elephant seals...