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August 10, 2026
The 2026 cohort of Cornell K. Lisa Yang Postdoctoral Fellows in Wildlife Health is poised to restore mangrove ecosystems in the Galápagos, improve chronic waste disease surveillance, and protect the pollinators that underpin global food systems.
August 10, 2026
For the first time in recorded history, in recent years, avian flu reached Antarctica, threatening animals in an already fragile ecosystem....
August 05, 2026
Cornell’s Raina Plowright provides insight into a practical and sustainable solution to preventing spillover at its roots.
August 04, 2026
I spent four incredible weeks externing at the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife in Sanibel, Florida. For a veterinary student focused on wildlife and zoological medicine, it was one of the most formative experiences of my training so far....
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July 08, 2026
Dr. Jan Lovy shares the journey that brought him to Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine, where he now serves as an associate professor in the Department of Public and Ecosystem Health.
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July 06, 2026
Do you ever wonder what an internship or residency in wildlife health is like? Or what approaches veterinarians took to get into such a program? If yes, keep reading...
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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.