In the News
March 27, 2018
Our team is working with southern African partners to implement an alternative approach to beef production in places where foot and mouth disease virus resides naturally in wildlife, assisting poor farmers while allowing for a potential reassessment of disease control fences that have blocked key wildlife migration routes for generations.
March 21, 2018
One-hundred and sixty 6th graders have been collecting environmental DNA samples to help Cornell scientists monitor the range of invasive and endangered fish species in New York's waterways, engaging in hands-on science and learning about the balance of ecosystems.
March 20, 2018
There is a genuine urgency regarding the fate of our planet's wildlife – including the world’s remaining rhinos. We need to recognize not only our own dependence on wild nature, but also that we need a more humble, enlightened sense of our own place in the world if we are to successfully halt and reverse the trends we face.
March 19, 2018
by
Rodman Getchell
I don’t usually think of myself as a detective. I tell folks that we at the Aquatic Animal Health Program investigate fish kills for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)....
March 18, 2018
If humanity does not act to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels will continue to climb and Earth’s average temperature will escalate. This sustained climate warming will drive the ocean’s fishery yields into steep decline 200 years from now.
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March 11, 2018
Cornell veterinary student Bryan Clifford ’20 describes his summer experience with the New York State Wildlife Health Program, where he worked as a research assistant on an assortment of projects benefitting the diverse wildlife of New York State.
March 03, 2018
by
Martin Gilbert
Given their near supernatural reputation, it can be hard to distinguish the truth of the tiger from its mythology....
March 01, 2018
Cornell scientists are beginning to unravel the complicated connections between viruses, the environment, and wasting diseases among sea stars in the waters of the Pacific Northwest.
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February 01, 2018
Cornell Wildlife Health Center policy experts explain how Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) can be the bridge to the planetary health paradigm becoming a go-to tool for developing truly sustainable solutions to interconnected public health and environmental problems.
January 31, 2018
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Martin Gilbert
The Far Eastern or Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), already among rarest of the world’s big cats, has now been found to face another threat: infection with canine distemper virus (CDV)....