Spotlights

For Your Information
July 05, 2024
Check out this new paper led by Cornell zoological medicine resident Dr. Laura St. Clair and an interdisciplinary Cornell team studying sarcoptic mange in wild North American porcupines.

Blog
June 27, 2024
Being a Rochester native, Seneca Park Zoo, home to nearly 100 different species, has always been my home zoo. A couple of years ago, Dr. Chris McKinney, who had worked at the small animal GP my family pets see, transitioned from relief veterinarian to full-time zoo veterinarian. So, as a veterinary student very much interested in a career in zoo medicine, I reached out....

Blog
June 20, 2024
Last fall, Cornell alumnus Bill Konstant visited Cornell to share his exciting life experiences from around the world as a conservationist and gave a donation to support Cornell veterinary students seeking hands-on clinical experience at the Belize Zoo.

For Your Information
June 15, 2024
A collaborative team, including Cornell Wildlife Health Lab researchers, introduce a software program designed to enable agency personnel to make up-to-date, localized, data-driven predictions regarding the odds of chronic wasting disease detection in surrounding areas after an outbreak is discovered.

Podcast
June 13, 2024
On this Cornell Veterinary Podcast, Dr. Martin Gilbert discusses his decades-long experience working in the nonprofit sector and in academia on international wildlife conservation projects in settings as diverse as Greenland, Papua New Guinea and Madagascar.

Blog
June 03, 2024
I work remotely, so these meetings are often the only human interaction I have all day. But that's not only a function of being remote - it's also a function of the nature of my work. The actual 'doing of the thing' - the math work itself - is often a solo sport....

Announcement
May 15, 2024
Check out this new opportunity for our next generation of wildlife health / One Health leaders!

Video
May 06, 2024
Cornell alumna Brett Blumenthal BArch ’96, MBA ’04, gave an inspiring talk on "The Transformative Power of Art in Wildlife Conservation," hosted by the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, the Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health, and the Zoo and Wildlife Society.

Blog
April 30, 2024
My role within the laboratory is multi-functional, and I serve many stakeholders, including the wildlife health laboratory and the anatomic pathology group....

Video
April 26, 2024
Cornell's Dr. Martin Gilbert gives a presentation on "Understanding and Managing Canine Distemper Virus as a Threat to Tiger Conservation" at Cornell University's Department of Natural Resources and the Environment in March 2024.