In the News
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.
June 08, 2026
Cornell's Dr. Katie Fiorella weighs in as researchers find surprising pop-ups of harmful algal blooms in Cayuga Lake, even in cooler temperatures.
May 15, 2026
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....
May 12, 2026
Cornell's Dr. Raina Plowright weighs in on the deadly respiratory viral outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean....
April 23, 2026
According to a new paper published in Frontiers in Science, halting and reversing the global decline in biodiversity is now urgent to avoid destabilizing the Earth’s vital systems that support human well-being.
March 31, 2026
Leading experts, including Cornell’s Dr. Raina Plowright, highlight the 2026 UN High-Level Meeting on pandemic prevention as an opportunity to elevate spillover prevention to the heart of global pandemic governance. Members of the Lancet–PPATS Commission on Prevention of Viral Spillover and civil society partners lay out five priority areas to confront spillover and its systemic drivers.
March 27, 2026
A once-neglected tropical virus is silently spreading across Brazil and putting rural communities at highest risk, according to a new study published in Nature Health led by the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and the University of Kentucky.
March 02, 2026
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Victoria Priester
The phone rings. There are 3,500 shorebirds suspected to be affected by the crude oil spill. This was a fictional but realistic scenario I faced on my first day at the 2025 Wildlife Disease Association Conference in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada....
February 19, 2026
From the islands of the Subantarctic to the dairy farms of the northeastern U.S., Dr. Amandine Gamble is on a mission to learn how different wildlife species contribute to disease transmission networks.
February 09, 2026
Life-saving lessons come from understanding diseases shared by wildlife and humans.