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August 2026

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Student Story: My Journey Into Stem Cell Conservation

August 17, 2026
In the heart of Malaysia, surrounded by the calls of hornbills and the hum of lab equipment, I found myself not in a jungle, but in a lab, holding a vial that could hold the key to wildlife conservation: stem cells....
Wildlife Conservation
Wildlife Conservation Medicine
Students
Veterinary Students
Student
Veterinary Student
Wildlife Veterinarian
Student Learning
Reproductive Biology
Reproduction
Biodiversity
Biodiversity Conservation
Biobank
IUCN
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Laboratory testing
Aquaculture
Aquatic Animal Medicine
Theriogenology
Expanding Horizons
Cornell Expanding Horizons
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Postdoctoral Fellows
Galápagos
Mangrove Ecosystem
Chronic Wasting Disease
Disease Surveillance
Pollinators
Wild Bees
Global Food Systems
Genomics
Ecology
Biostatistics
One Health
Wildlife Health
Global Fisheries
Plastic Pollution
Conservation
White-Tailed Deer
Transcriptome-wide association study
Cornell Wildlife Health Lab
Neonicotinoids
Food Production
Pollination
Agriculture
Pesticide

Cornell Yang Center for Wildlife Health Welcomes Postdoctoral Fellows Focused on Mangrove Conservation, Wildlife Disease Surveillance, and Protecting Pollinators

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.
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Avian Flu
Avian Influenza
Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Penguin
Penguins
Antarctica Penguins
Ecosystem Health
Ecosystem
Aquatic Ecosystem Health
Antarctica
Seals
Seabird
Seabirds
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Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Marine Mammals
H5N1
H5N1 Virus
Poultry
Public Health
Public and Ecosystem Health
Department of Public and Ecosystem Health
Disease Outbreak
Virus Outbreak
Wildlife Disease Outbreak
Wildlife Disease Outbreaks

Racing to Save the Penguins

August 10, 2026
For the first time in recorded history, in recent years, avian flu reached Antarctica, threatening animals in an already fragile ecosystem....
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Virus
horses
Coronavirus
Bats
Pathogen Spillover
Viral Spillover
Disease spillover
Hendra Virus
Veterinary Medicine
Wildlife Veterinarian
Toxins
Zoonotic Pathogen
Zoonotic Disease
Zoonotic Spillover
Zoonotic Viruses
Epidemiology
Veterinary Epidemiologist
COVID-19
COVID19
Wildlife Conservation
Wildlife
Wildlife Conservation Medicine
Cats
Free-roaming Cats
Reservoir Host
Host Ecology
Flying Foxes
Jamaican Fruit Bats
Fruit Bats
Australia
Australian Wildlife
Deforestation
Sustainability
Disease Ecology
Wildlife Disease Ecology
Wildlife Ecology
Public Health
Master in Public Health
Public and Ecosystem Health

A Mystery Virus Started Killing Horses. Then Humans. Was This the Moment Our Coronavirus Era Began?

August 05, 2026
Cornell’s Raina Plowright provides insight into a practical and sustainable solution to preventing spillover at its roots.