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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....
May 12, 2026
Cornell's Dr. Raina Plowright weighs in on the deadly respiratory viral outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean....
May 07, 2026
Tick season has begun with a vengeance: This year, there were more emergency-room visits for tick bites during the month of April than in any year since 2017....
April 23, 2026
According to a new paper published in Frontiers in Science, halting and reversing the global decline in biodiversity is now urgent to avoid destabilizing the Earth’s vital systems that support human well-being.
April 22, 2026
Four sperm whales that stranded separately on southeastern U.S. coastlines between 2020-22 were emaciated and malnourished, with ingested fishing gear and marine debris found in two of them, according to a new study that compared the four cases....
Blog
April 16, 2026
This past summer, I served as the principal field investigator for the Kanchenjunga community livestock and carnivore conflict study in Taplejung District, Nepal.
March 31, 2026
Leading experts, including Cornell’s Dr. Raina Plowright, highlight the 2026 UN High-Level Meeting on pandemic prevention as an opportunity to elevate spillover prevention to the heart of global pandemic governance. Members of the Lancet–PPATS Commission on Prevention of Viral Spillover and civil society partners lay out five priority areas to confront spillover and its systemic drivers.
March 27, 2026
A once-neglected tropical virus is silently spreading across Brazil and putting rural communities at highest risk, according to a new study published in Nature Health led by the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and the University of Kentucky.
March 19, 2026
Faculty from the Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital traveled to Nanjing, China, for the third annual Wildlife Rescue Veterinary Training event. Dr. Sara Childs-Sanford and Dr. Cynthia Hopf-Dennis joined Chinese and other international veterinary experts to exchange cutting-edge international practices in wildlife rescue and medicine.
March 17, 2026
Ever since a deadly strain of avian influenza, H5N1, killed some 17,000 southern elephant seal pups on South American coastlines in 2023 and 2024, researchers and public officials have kept an extra-close eye on California’s northern elephant seals...