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Amanda is crouching down and opening a small crate on the edge of a lush pond.
Wildlife Medicine Aquatic Animal Health Wildlife Pathology The Student Experience
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
ODFW
Wildlife Veterinarian
Veterinarian
Career
Veterinary Career
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Wildlife Conservation
Veterinary Student
Veterinary Students
Deer
Chronic Wasting Disease
Bats
Externship
Veterinary Externship
Bighorn Sheep
Avian Flu
Avian Influenza
Human-Wildlife Conflict
Human and Wildlife Health
Conservation Biology
Wolves
Wild Turkey
Agriculture
Agricultural Practices
Wildlife Pathology
Necropsy
Reproduction
Reproductive Biology
Reproductive Medicine
Wildlife Populations
Wildlife Population Health
Disease Ecology
Wildlife Disease
Aquatic Animal Health
Aquatic Animal Medicine
Aquatic Animals
Aquatic Medicine
Conservation Through Public Health
Oregon Wildlife Safari

From the Mountains to the Sea and Everything in Between: A Journey with Oregon’s State Wildlife Veterinarian

January 13, 2026
On the first day of my externship with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, I shook hands with Dr. Julia Burco, a state wildlife veterinarian, and I felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude and fulfillment....
Shayna is standing next to a research poster titled "A "Purr"-sistent problem: Domestic Cats, Wildlife, and the Spread of Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) in an Urban Setting".
The Student Experience
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
Student Experience
Student Experiential Learning
Wildlife Disease Association
WDA
Applied Research
Poster Presentation
One Health
Wildlife Health
Infectious Disease
Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Recue Society
Seals
Human and Wildlife Health
Darting
Veterinary Student
Baker Institute for Animal Health
Goodman Pathogen Genomics Lab
Canine Distemper Virus
New York City
Domestic Cats
Viral Spillover
Fieldwork
Emerging Diseases
Emerging Viruses
Whale
Human Behavior
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health

Bringing One Health to Life at the 2025 Wildlife Disease Association Conference

November 06, 2025
As a veterinary student passionate about wildlife health, One Health, and infectious disease ecology, this experience was a turning point....
Taylor is wearing a protective suit and smiling while holding a beehive outside.
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University
Veterinary Medicine
Wildlife Veterinarian
American College of Zoological Medicine
Free-ranging Wildlife Disease
Free-ranging Wildlife Health and Disease
Residency
Residency in Wildlife Medicine
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Residency in Wildlife Population Health
ACZM
Wildlife Population Health
Wildlife Populations
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Career
Wildlife Career
Wildlife
Wildlife Medicine
Wildlife Health
Wildlife Conservation
Ecosystem Health
Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital
Hands-on Experience
Free-ranging Wildlife Conservation
Cornell University Hospital for Animals
Wildlife Behavior
New York State
Cornell Wildlife Health Lab
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Wildlife Pathology
Pathology
Aquatic Animals
Aquatic Animal Health
Honeybees
Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
Conservation
Biodiversity Conservation
Conservation Biology
Population Health
Population Modeling

Cornell Launches Residency Program in Wildlife Population Health

November 04, 2025
The Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health has launched a new residency in wildlife population health, building on the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine's leadership in preparing veterinarians to meet the urgent and evolving challenges facing our planet’s wild species.
A person wearing blue gloves is focusing on a tan gerbil as they perform a blood draw from its tail.
Wildlife Medicine Planetary Health The Student Experience
Kruger National Park
Organization for Tropical Studies
Cornell Expanding Horizons
Parasite
South Africa
Skukuza Science Learning Initiative
Fieldwork
microscopic
mice
Hemoparasites
Bird
Bird Host
Zoonotic Disease
One Health
Disease Transmission
Snail
Parasitology
Freshwater
Disease Ecology
Host Ecology
Molecular Diagnostics
DNA
DNA Samples
PCR
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
Student Experience
Veterinary Student
Foot and Mouth Disease
Ecosystem
Hands-on Experience
Infectious Disease Modeling
Pathogen
dehorning

Parasites, Preservation, and PCRs: A Wild Summer in the South African Bush

October 15, 2025
I had the opportunity to spend two months in the middle of Kruger National Park (KNP) in collaboration with the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)...
Victoria is wearing a white lab coat and blue gloves as she measures the girth of a seal using a yellow measuring tape in a clinical lab setting. The seal is lying on a metal examination table. The room is well-lit with industrial-style overhead lights and contains medical equipment.
Wildlife Pathology The Student Experience
Seals
Wildlife Pathology
marine mammal
Strandings Investigation Program
Utrecht University
Externship
Veterinary Externship
Student
Student Experience
Veterinary Student
Free-ranging Wildlife Conservation
Marine Mammal Stranding
Necropsy
Postmortem Examinations
Histopathology
Dutch Wildlife Health Center
Hands-on Experience
Anatomic Pathology
Pathology
Infectious Disease
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health
Student Support Fund
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
SOS Dolfijn
Stranding

Using Veterinary Pathology to Investigate Marine Mammal Strandings in the North Sea

September 16, 2025 by Victoria Priester
Every seal or porpoise that strands tells a story of the life it lived and how it died, though some findings from necropsies make more complete stories than others....
The Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health's Catalyzing Conservation Fund
Catalyzing Conservation Fund
Eastern Rockhopper Penguin
Wildlife Health
Grants
Seed Funding
Rapid Response
Wildlife Disease Outbreaks
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
College of Veterinary Medicine
New Zealand
Rapid Testing
Rodenticide
Rodenticide Poisoning
Rodenticide Toxicity
Nepal
Training
Innovation
Leadership
Conservation Impact
One Health
Seabird
Conservation Assessment
Genetic Analysis
Subantarctic Islands
Vulnerable Species
Anticoagulant Rodenticides
Birds of Prey
Raptors
Red-Tailed Hawk
Gharial
Blood Test
Endangered Wildlife
Wildlife Populations
Unexplained Wildlife Mortality Events
Wildlife Mass Mortality
Slide Scanner
Postmortem Examinations
Nepali Pathologist
Wildlife Disease Diagnosis
Local Expertise

Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Awards Three ‘Catalyzing Conservation Fund’ Grants

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?
A moose standing in a field of white flowers
Moose
Moose Populations
Deer
Parasite
Parasitology
Wildlife
Wildlife Conservation
Wildlife Health
Wildlife Populations
New York State
Wildlife Disease
Disease Transmission
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Host Ecology
wildlife tracking
New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of Public and Ecosystem Health
Adirondacks

Deer Spread Parasites That Harm Adirondack Moose

August 08, 2025
Wildlife researchers have found that the transmission of deer parasites is hindering the growth of New York's moose population.
A greater one-horned rhino walking down a busy street with a person in the background taking a photo.

Video

A Greater One-Horned Rhino Walking the Streets of Nepal

July 24, 2025
A greater one-horned rhino strolls down the street in Nepal, just outside Chitwan National Park.
Rhino
Wildlife Medicine
Wildlife
Wildlife Pathology
Free-ranging Wildlife Disease
Chitwan National Park
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Free-Ranging Wildlife Pathology Fellow
Greater One-horned Rhinoceros
Aerial view of dense green forest and winding dark river, with overlaid presentation title text: “Democratizing Innovation for the End of Extinction” by Alex Dehgan, Dante Wasmuht, and Jason Holmberg of Conservation X Labs. A small inset in the upper right shows a lecture hall scene with a speaker at a podium, labeled "Cornell Lecture Hall."

Video

Democratizing Innovation for the End of Extinction

July 15, 2025
The Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine hosted its second annual Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in Veterinary Medicine with a keynote by Dr. Alex Dehgan of Conservation X Labs, highlighting how AI can drive accessible, global conservation solutions.
Artificial Intelligence
Extinction
Wildlife Conservation
Wildlife Health
Acoustics
Accreditation
College of Veterinary Medicine
Migration
Public Health
One Health
Planetary Health
Wildlife
Wildlife Medicine
Research Technician
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
wildlife tracking
Global Climate Change
Evolution
Wildlife Disease
Disease Detection
Conservation
Conservation Medicine
Wildlife Migration
A greater one-horned rhino walks past an outdoor eating area with the sun setting in the background.

Video

A Rhino Walks Into a Bar

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. 
Chitwan National Park
Greater One-horned Rhinoceros
Rhino
Wildlife Medicine
Wildlife Conservation
Wildlife Conservation Medicine
Free-ranging Wildlife Disease
Nepal
Nepal Wildlife
Wildlife Research
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Free-Ranging Wildlife Pathology Fellow