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Video

One Health Around the World: Cornell's Backyard

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....
Cornell University Hospital for Animals
Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital
Wildlife
Wildlife Conservation
Wildlife Hospital
Veterinary Medicine
One Health
One Health Around the World
Webinar
Wildlife Research
Applied Research
New York State
New York
Ithaca
Wildlife Health Cornell
Cornell
Cornell Wildlife Health Center
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Residency in Wildlife Population Health
Birds
Birds of Prey
Migratory Bird
Mammals
Wild Mammals
Reptiles
Amphibians
Deer
eCornell
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Cornell
College of Veterinary Medicine
Student
Student Learning
One Health
Rhinos
Rhino
Black Rhino
Wildlife Conservation
Conservation Medicine
One Health: Conservation with Communities
Partnerships for the Plant
Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall Institute
Indonesia
Indonesian Rhino

Listening for Heartbeats

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...
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Podcast

How Behavior Impacts Outbreaks

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....
pandemic
Disease Prevention
Preventing Pandemic
Prevent Pandemic
Global Pandemic
Wildlife Disease Ecology
Disease Ecology
Public and Ecosystem Health
Conservation Through Public Health
Public Health
Cornell Public Health
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability
Bento Lab
Cornell University
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Wild Sheep
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Equitable
Veterinary Workforce
One Health
Planetary Wellbeing
Planetary Health
World Organisation for Animal Health
Zoonoses
Transboundary Animal Diseases
Antimicrobial Resistance
Food Security
Biodiversity Loss
Animal Health
Expenditure
Financial Imbalance
Performance of Veterinary Services Pathway
Pandemic Fund
Veterinary Capacity

Equitable Investment in the Veterinary Workforce is Foundational to One Health and Planetary Wellbeing

December 22, 2025
Chronic underinvestment in veterinary services fundamentally weakens One Health implementation.
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HPAI
Avian Flu
Avian Influenza
Pathogens
Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus
Avian Medicine
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
Wildlife
Wildlife Conservation
Veterinary Medicine

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Confirmed Among Black-Browed Albatrosses on Beauchêne Island in the South Atlantic

December 09, 2025
Dr. Amandine Gamble, disease ecologist and veterinarian, is part of the scientific team that has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza on Beauchêne Island, the home of the world’s second-largest colony of black-browed albatross.
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Blog

Alumni Spotlight: Ellen Haynes '09, DVM '13, PhD, Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

December 09, 2025
Early in her career, Ellen Haynes '09, DVM '13, PhD, was fueled by a desire to help wildlife that had been negatively impacted by human activity.
Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
PhD
Veterinarian
Wildlife Veterinarian
Career
Wildlife Career
Veterinary Career
Career Pathway
Conservation Career
Alumni
Cornell alumni
Alumni Spotlight
Veterinary Student
ZAWS
Cornell's Zoo and Wildlife Society
Special Species Symposium
Zoo
Zoological Medicine
Internship
Wildlife Rescue
Wildlife Rehabilitation
Texas
Wildlife Disease
Wildlife Research

Video

Dholes at Risk: Understanding the Needs and Threats Faced by the Asiatic Wild Dog

December 05, 2025
Dr. Martin Gilbert, Wild Carnivore Health Specialist, discusses Cornell's collaborative research efforts to understand the threats facing the dhole, one of Asia’s most endangered carnivores.
Dhole
Dhole Disease
Dhole Population Dynamics
Thailand
Carnivore
Wild Dog
Wild Carnivores
Carnivore Populations
Phu Khiao Wildlife Sanctuary
Behavioral Research
Wildlife Ecology
Asiatic Wild Dog
Wildlife Veterinarian
Wildlife Disease Ecology
Epidemiology
Wildlife Epidemiology
Veterinary Epidemiologist
Human-Wildlife Conflict
Kasetsart University
Extinction
Saving Animals From Extinction
wildlife tracking
Wildlife Immunology
Genetics
Scat
Infectious Disease
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Thailand's Department of National Parks
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Aquatic Animals
Aquaculture
Aquatics
Fish
Fisheries
Sustainability
Sustainable Fisheries
Environment
Antibiotic Resistant
Tilapia
Algal Blooms
Harmful Algal Blooms
Infectious Disease
Kenya
Farmers
Economics
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
Planetary Health
Lake Victoria
Bacteriology
Wildlife Veterinarian
Disease Outbreak
One Health

Fish Farming Is Booming in Lake Victoria, but Pollution and Disease Are Wiping Out Millions. How to Reduce Losses

December 01, 2025
Cornell's Eric Teplitz and Katie Fiorella discuss their recent findings about aquaculture practices in Lake Victoria, Kenya.
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Climate Change
Global Climate Change
Global Health
Environment
Prevent Pandemic
Preventing Pandemic
Global Pandemic
Antarctica
Antarctica Penguins
Penguin
Penguins
Bird Flu
Avian Flu
Avian Influenza
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
National Geographic
Seals
Virus
Ecologist
Wildlife Veterinarian
H5N1
H5N1 Virus
Ecosystem Health
Ecosystem
Marine Mammals
Marine Wildlife
Migratory Bird
Bird Migration
Wildlife Migrations
Fieldwork
Wildlife Populations
Wildlife Population Health
Scavenger
Scavenging

Tracking Disease Outbreaks to the Ends of the Earth [National Geographic]

November 25, 2025
The story of how a research team, including Cornell's Dr. Amandine Gamble, confirmed the first case of bird flu in Antarctic ice seals—an alarming sign of how climate change is fueling the spread of deadly pathogens to Earth’s last frontier.
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Rats
Bats
Bat
research
Behavioral Research
Public Health
Public and Ecosystem Health
Department of Public and Ecosystem Health
Population Health
Habitat Loss
Invasive Species
invasive rodents
Fruit Bats
Animal and Human Health in Urban Environments
Ecosystem Health
Ecosystem
One Health
pandemic
Pandemic Prevention
National Geographic

Rats Wage War on Bats in Stunning New Footage [National Geographic]

November 12, 2025
Dr. Raina Plowright comments on what newly revealed bat-rat interactions could mean for disease transmission.