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Ava kneels next to a sedated lion lying on the ground at night. The lion’s face is partially covered with a cloth, and Ava is holding a bag of medical supplies, smiling at the camera. A vehicle is visible in the background.
Wild Carnivores The Student Experience
Namibia
DNA Samples
Lion
Veterinary Student
Fieldwork
Free-ranging Wildlife Conservation
University of Namibia
Expanding Horizons
Community Livelihoods
hyena
Skeleton Coast
Brown Hyena Project
Carnivore
Wild Carnivores
Carnivore Populations
Data
jackals
Lead
Etosha National Park
Etosha Ecological Institute
Elephant
Poaching
Black Rhino
wildebeest
dehorning
Applied Research
Human-Wildlife Conflict

From Books to the Bush: How Namibia Transformed My Veterinary Education

October 02, 2025
It’s 3 a.m. in the Namibian bush. A team of us circles around a sedated lion to take DNA samples while two other male lions lurk nearby. We haven’t gotten an ounce of sleep, and I haven’t had a hot meal in a week, but I've never felt more alive than at this moment....
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?
Dr. Seeley performing a dental exam on a silverback gorilla that is laying on its back under anesthesia.

News

Alumni Spotlight: Katie Seeley '07, DVM '11, PhD, DACZM, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

August 18, 2025
Katie Seeley ’07, DVM ’11, PhD, DACZM knew from a young age that she wanted to be a veterinarian....
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Cornell Wildlife Health Center
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell alumni
Alumni
Alumni Spotlight
Career
Wildlife Career
Zoo
Zoological Medicine
Career Pathway
Wildlife Veterinarian
Veterinary Training
Zoo Veterinarians
Isidor I. Sprecker Wildlife Medicine Award
Expanding Horizons
Cornell Expanding Horizons
Indonesia
Indonesian Rhino
Southern Africa
The National Aquarium
Internship
Ecosystem Health
Conservation Medicine
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
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
A rhinoceros walking through dry grassland with dense green shrubs and trees in the background, under a partly cloudy sky.
Beyond Fences
Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability
Greater One-horned Rhinoceros
African Savanna
Crocodile Bridge Rest Camp
Savanna Science Network Meeting
Kruger National Park
Rhino
Rhinos
Poaching
Ecosystem
Free-ranging Wildlife Conservation
Biodiversity
Biodiversity Conservation
Ecologist
Aerial Darting
African Wildlife
Black Rhino
One-Horned Rhino
Threatened Species
One Health

My Rhinoceros Teacher

July 02, 2025 by Margaret Swift
As dawn yawns and stretches over the African savanna, a line of cars waits impatiently at the wooden gate of Crocodile Bridge Rest Camp. I join the tail end in my tiny white rental car...
Carmen Smith using a laptop computer and a Grundium slide scanner to review slides while a juvenile rhino grazes in the background.

Video

Rhino Curious About Wildlife Pathology

June 26, 2025
Dr. Carmen Smith, our Free-Ranging Wildlife Pathology Fellow, was reviewing tissue samples at the National Trust for Nature Conservation Biodiversity Conservation Center in Chitwan, Nepal, when a curious greater one-horned rhino came closer to inspect his work.
Rhino
Wildlife Medicine
Wildlife
Wildlife Pathology
Histopathology
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Free-Ranging Wildlife Pathology Fellow
Free-ranging Wildlife Disease
National Trust for Nature Conservation
A moose

Announcement

Call for Applicants: Cornell K. Lisa Yang Postdoctoral Fellowships in Wildlife Health

June 11, 2025
We are pleased to announce that our 2025-2026 call for Cornell K. Lisa Yang Postdoctoral Fellowships in Wildlife Health is now out! Applications due October 6, 2025.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Postdoctoral Fellows
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Fellow
Fellowship
One Health
DVM
PhD
Call for Proposals
Cornell University
Wildlife Health
Wildlife Conservation
Wildlife
A greater one-horned rhino soaking in a muddy pool of water

Video

A Rhino's Soaking Sanctuary

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.
One-Horned Rhino
Rhino
Wildlife Conservation
Fieldwork
Field Conservation
Chitwan National Park
Wildlife Medicine
Rhino in a river, almost submerged in the water
Wildlife Pathology
Rhino
Nepal
Chitwan National Park
Wildlife Pathology
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Fellow
Histopathology
Agriculture and Forestry University
Grundium Ocus
Greater One-horned Rhinoceros
Wildlife Mass Mortality
Vector-Borne Disease
Wildlife Research
Wildlife Diagnostics
Pathogen
Wildlife Conservation
National Trust for Nature Conservation
Nepal’s National Trust for Nature Conservation
Mosquito
invasive plants
Grundium

Lunching with Rhinos: Threats to Nepal’s Rhinos Have Been Consuming My Thoughts

April 23, 2025 by 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....