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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
July 06, 2026
Do you ever wonder what an internship or residency in wildlife health is like? Or what approaches veterinarians took to get into such a program? If yes, keep reading...
June 15, 2026
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.
March 19, 2026
Faculty from the Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital traveled to Nanjing, China, for the third annual Wildlife Rescue Veterinary Training event. Dr. Sara Childs-Sanford and Dr. Cynthia Hopf-Dennis joined Chinese and other international veterinary experts to exchange cutting-edge international practices in wildlife rescue and medicine.
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....
Blog
November 11, 2025
I decided to apply for a student technician position at the Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital. Being able to learn about and help treat such a wide diversity of animals seemed like the opportunity of a lifetime!
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.
Blog
October 07, 2025
What Christine Parker-Graham, DVM, CertAqV, DACZM enjoys most about the field of veterinary medicine is the “unending potential that a DVM affords you." Parker-Graham is a graduate of UC Davis and completed a zoo, wildlife, and exotic medicine internship at Cornell...
Podcast
September 30, 2025
A day with Dr. Childs-Sanford is anything but ordinary. Follow her through the fast-paced, unpredictable world of wildlife care at the Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital.