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April 2018

Spotted Salamandar

Blog

Cornell DVM student Jonah Marion ’20 discusses the annual spotted salamander migration in Ithaca.
Dr Radcliffe with Dr Jane Goodall

Cornell Wildlife Health Center's Dr. Robin Radcliffe received the 2018 George D. Levy Faculty Award in recognition of his exemplary wildlife conservation work with Dr. Jane Goodall and partners.
Harrier Hawk

A northern harrier, also known as a marsh hawk, was successfully treated at Cornell's Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital after having been poisoned by eating prey contaminated with man-made toxins. Watch this video to see the harrier being released back into the wild at Montezuma Wildlife Refuge.
Mosquito biting a person

Podcast

Dr. Steve Osofsky probes at the deeply intertwined relationships between our health and our environment in this episode of the "What Makes Us Human" podcast series.
Swans

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act, designed to protect birds from harm resulting from human activity, will no longer apply to oil spills or other catastrophic events that inadvertently harm wildlife, according to a new interpretation of the act from the U.S. Department of the Interior.