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Spotlights

Vet student Loren helps perform a neonate exam on a newborn scimitar-horned oryx calf.

Blog

Cornell veterinary student Loren Lassiter, DVM '22, practices unique care in her wildlife preceptorship at the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center.
WildCats spotlight podcast thumbnail image showing a tiger with a face mask around it's head

Podcast

Listen to our Wild Carnivore Health Specialist Dr. Martin Gilbert and other big cat conservationists discuss the impacts of infectious diseases on tiger populations in the first episode of WildCats Pawcast, a brand-new podcast from WildCats Conservation Alliance.
Carolina Baquerizo profile

Blog

Cornell veterinary student Carolina Baquerizo, DVM '24, describes her experience completing a summer externship in wildlife medicine at the South-East Zoo Alliance for Reproduction and Conservation (SEZARC).
Moose tracking courtesy of NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Podcast

In this podcast, Dr. Krysten Schuler, a wildlife disease ecologist and co-director of the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab, and Jen Grauer, a Cornell PhD student, discuss their latest project to track and study wild moose, led by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Two Bald Eagles shown at their nest

Blog

Long before I was aware of the problem, professionals of veterinary medicine and pathology treated, rehabilitated, or necropsied ill, dying, or dead bald eagles. The wild birds had been presented for care after they ingested lead fragments from spent ammunition....
Robin Radcliffe with rhino

Blog

Cornell veterinary student Colleen Sorge, DVM '24, speaks with Cornell Wildlife Veterinarian Dr. Robin Radcliffe about his career in wildlife health and conservation.
A Bald Eagle shown eating at a deer carcass

For Your Information

Bald eagles are considered a recovery success in the U.S. after rebounding from near extirpation due to widespread use of DDT. Although abundances of bald eagles have increased since DDT was banned, other contaminants have remained in the environment with unknown influence on eagle population trends.
A portrait of Hery Ríos-Guzmán

Blog

Cornell veterinary student Hery Ríos-Guzmán, DVM '24, writes about how the AQUAVETⓇ I Program has helped him feel better prepared for a future as an aquatic veterinarian.
Student Jared Zion shown with a gazelle on an exam table

Blog

Cornell veterinary student Jared Zion, DVM '23, spent his summer externing at the Israeli Wildlife Hospital in Tel Aviv. Read more about his unforgettable experience caring for a diversity of animals, including elephants, various birds, and ibex. 
Orphaned beaver by Carol Jennings/Cornell Vet

Video

After they lost their parents and developed bacterial enteritis all in the span of a few weeks, a litter of beaver kits came into the care of our team at the Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital.