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August 19, 2024
Serving as the veterinarian for the CWHL keeps me on my toes, and July has been no exception! On a given day, I might be coordinating with our DEC or regional partners, working on a paper or grant, giving a presentation, mentoring interns or students, and/or working out in the “field” on a wildlife health project....
August 14, 2024
Cornell's Drs. Raina Plowright, Amandine Gamble, and Krysten Schuler were awarded a grant from Cornell Atkinson’s Academic Venture Fund for their project: Integrating Primary Pandemic Prevention into mainstream policy, funding, and practice through One Health spillover investigation.
August 09, 2024
Households caught and consumed a far more diverse array of fish than they sold at market, which has important implications for how loss of biodiversity might affect people’s nutrition, especially for those with lower incomes.
August 05, 2024
Supertoxic rodenticides are building up inside unintended targets, including birds, mammals, and insects. Scientists, including Cornell's Dr. Cynthia Hopf, want to understand the damage—and limit it.
July 30, 2024
Artist and activist Brett Blumenthal BArch '96, MBA '04, visited Cornell University in April 2024 to share her perspectives on the power of art to communicate, inspire, and transform conservation efforts.
July 26, 2024
In October 2023, I had the opportunity to travel to Tasmania, the island state of Australia, to learn more about one of its most iconic species, the Tasmanian devil. Tasmanian devils are the world’s largest carnivorous marsupials, and they play a key ecological role as scavengers and in suppressing populations of invasive species....
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July 19, 2024
As an extern at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden’s Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife, Cornell DVM student Natalie Smith learned how reproductive medicine can help conservation efforts for big cats.
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July 16, 2024
Although my job title is “data analyst,” only a fraction of my time at the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab is spent analyzing data. I help people understand how to turn data into useful information and build the tools to help them do so....
July 12, 2024
Experts from Cornell and across the nation developed a computer model along with a user-friendly app that predicts counties where wildlife managers should target their surveillance of chronic wasting disease in deer.
July 09, 2024
The student-led Zoo and Wildlife Society at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine hosted their second annual Wildlife Conservation Day featuring a diverse set of speakers.