In the News
February 03, 2026
Vast fences erected to protect cattle from catching diseases from wildlife and other livestock in southern Africa are in disrepair, restrict wildlife migrations, and likely intensify human-elephant conflict; removing key sections could help pastoralists and wildlife, our latest study suggests....
February 03, 2026
As a young girl, I was captivated by the majestic animals and wild landscapes I saw on television—so different from the concrete jungle that surrounded me. They seemed magical, distant, and almost unreachable from my urban home in Queens, New York....
January 26, 2026
I had the amazing opportunity to complete a veterinary externship at the Hawaiʻi Wildlife Center on the island of Hawaiʻi...
Video
January 22, 2026
In this eCornell keynote presentation, Drs. Sara Childs-Sanford, Cynthia Hopf-Dennis, and Taylor Haefs from the Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital discuss how their team cares for over 2,000 patients each year and what’s being learned about the wider disease and environmental threats to wildlife in the northeastern U.S....
January 20, 2026
From a Georgia laundry room full of rescue animals to a Sumatran rhino sanctuary, Cornell sophomore Rikki Carver is building a life shaped by care, courage, and wonder...
Podcast
January 14, 2026
Dr. Ana Bento, a leading expert in disease dynamics, shares her journey as a quantitative disease ecologist—from chasing sheep to answering the million-dollar question: when and where the next pandemic will occur....
January 13, 2026
On the first day of my externship with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, I shook hands with Dr. Julia Burco, a state wildlife veterinarian, and I felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude and fulfillment....
January 05, 2026
March ended in quite a spectacular way for me this year. I began the month sitting in classrooms at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and ended it out in the Zimbabwean bush, drawing blood from a sedated lion under a nighttime African sky....
December 22, 2025
Chronic underinvestment in veterinary services fundamentally weakens One Health implementation.
December 11, 2025
One of my primary goals during my veterinary education was to present at a professional conference to gain experience and build my network. I was able to achieve this goal by presenting at the 2025 International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine Conference....