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July 01, 2026
As an invited guest speaker at an African Parks Biodiversity and Science Support Research & Conservation Meetup on June 24, 2026, Dr. Steve Osofsky presented a talk entitled "Beyond Fences: Policy Options for Wildlife, Livelihoods and Transboundary Animal Disease Management in Southern Africa."
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July 01, 2026
Carmen Smith ’17, DVM ’21, wildlife pathology fellow with the Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health, is working in the lowland forests of Nepal—home to nearly a quarter of the world’s greater one-horned rhinos—to investigate why rhino mortality has been increasing despite major reductions in poaching.
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June 26, 2026
As climate change intensifies weather extremes, conflict displaces populations, and infectious disease outbreaks restrict movement, the need for remote, low-cost dietary monitoring tools has never been greater....
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 15, 2026
Cornell researchers are investigating whether wildfire smoke may also be carrying chronic wasting disease—the neurological illness, caused by misfolded proteins called prions, that afflicts members of the deer family.
June 11, 2026
A flesh‑eating fly thought eradicated decades ago has been found in Texas, its first return to the United States in generations.
June 10, 2026
I was still in pajamas when I ran down to the beach. Drone in one hand, a drybag slung over my shoulder, I picked my way over slick, uneven rocks from the cabin to the shoreline....
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.
June 04, 2026
The current practice of freezing embryos—used to assist reproduction in humans or animals or to conserve endangered species—routinely causes ice to form within cells, ultimately leading to fewer viable embryos. Now, a multidisciplinary team has found a way to prevent the formation of that damaging ice.
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....