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Dr. Diego Diel, right, director of the Virology Laboratory, led a tour for attendees before the event by Carol Jennings/CVM

New York state lawmakers announced $19.5 million in capital funding to the New York State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory to expand the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell.
A graphic showing Martin Gilbert's podcast talk.

Podcast

Tigers, leopards and now one-horned rhinos. Dr. Martin Gilbert studies them all. As a wildlife veterinarian and epidemiologist at Cornell, Dr. Gilbert has investigated infectious diseases and mysterious mass die-offs all over Asia. Check out this latest podcast featuring his work.
Dr. Bloodgood preparing a short-beaked common dolphin for necropsy for the Special Species Symposium at Cornell. Dolphin carcass recovered by the Marine Mammal Stranding Center under a stranding agreement with NOAA NMFS.

Blog

Serving as the veterinarian for the CWHL keeps me on my toes, and July has been no exception! On a given day, I might be coordinating with our DEC or regional partners, working on a paper or grant, giving a presentation, mentoring interns or students, and/or working out in the “field” on a wildlife health project....
A landscape of a tropical forest and hills.

Cornell's Drs. Raina Plowright, Amandine Gamble, and Krysten Schuler were awarded a grant from Cornell Atkinson’s Academic Venture Fund for their project: Integrating Primary Pandemic Prevention into mainstream policy, funding, and practice through One Health spillover investigation.
Fishing landscape by Kathryn Fiorella.

Households caught and consumed a far more diverse array of fish than they sold at market, which has important implications for how loss of biodiversity might affect people’s nutrition, especially for those with lower incomes.
A Red-tailed Hawk with a rodent in its talons by Christine Bogdanowicz.

Supertoxic rodenticides are building up inside unintended targets, including birds, mammals, and insects. Scientists, including Cornell's Dr. Cynthia Hopf, want to understand the damage—and limit it.
Brett Blumenthal BArch '96, MBA '04 artwork with photo of Brett in the middle.

Artist and activist Brett Blumenthal BArch '96, MBA '04, visited Cornell University in April 2024 to share her perspectives on the power of art to communicate, inspire, and transform conservation efforts. 
Natalie Smith with a sedated Snow Leopard.

Blog

As an extern at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden’s Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife, Cornell DVM student Natalie Smith learned how reproductive medicine can help conservation efforts for big cats.
Nick Hollingshead at the computer.

Blog

Although my job title is “data analyst,” only a fraction of my time at the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab is spent analyzing data. I help people understand how to turn data into useful information and build the tools to help them do so....
Deer roe by Wild Pixar from Pixabay.

Experts from Cornell and across the nation developed a computer model along with a user-friendly app that predicts counties where wildlife managers should target their surveillance of chronic wasting disease in deer.