News
March 11, 2026
On Feb. 25, the Animal Health Diagnostic Center hosted a chronic wasting disease lecture and wet lab for the College of Veterinary Medicine community, in collaboration with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets....
March 09, 2026
Restoring traditional herding practices in northern Botswana keeps livestock safe from predators and diseases, reduces retaliatory killings of lions, and offers hope for restoring wildlife corridors.
Announcement
March 05, 2026
Mark your calendar for our biggest online fundraising event of the year on Thursday, March 12. Cornell Giving Day brings together friends, alumni, faculty, staff, and students to do the greatest good. Discover how you can support our mission—and help spread the word.
Podcast
February 25, 2026
Dr. Steve Osofsky shares how a potential paradigm shift in southern African livestock disease management has extraordinary implications for wildlife conservation.
February 19, 2026
From the islands of the Subantarctic to the dairy farms of the northeastern U.S., Dr. Amandine Gamble is on a mission to learn how different wildlife species contribute to disease transmission networks.
Video
February 17, 2026
Dr. Krysten Schuler, wildlife disease ecologist and director of the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab, dives into the biological, social, and political facets of chronic wasting disease, exploring areas where progress can be made if we are willing to forge into new territory.
Blog
February 12, 2026
When I got selected to participate in Dr. Robin Radcliffe’s summer experiential learning course in Indonesia, I had no idea what to expect. All I knew for sure was that I was going to Indonesia for eight weeks, and that critically endangered Sumatran rhinos would be involved....
February 09, 2026
Life-saving lessons come from understanding diseases shared by wildlife and humans.
February 06, 2026
The need for regional collaboration in wildlife pathology and disease surveillance in South and Southeast Asia led Dr. Carmen Smith, the Cornell Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Free-Ranging Wildlife Pathology Fellow, to co-organize the Summit for Conservation Pathology Engagement, held at the Mandai Wildlife Reserve in Singapore.
February 03, 2026
Vast fences erected to protect cattle from catching diseases from wildlife and other livestock in southern Africa are in disrepair, restrict wildlife migrations, and likely intensify human-elephant conflict; removing key sections could help pastoralists and wildlife, our latest study suggests....