Area of Focus: Disease

February 21, 2023

Scent-trained dogs can detect chronic wasting disease

Canines could help manage the spread of a deadly prion disease

February 17, 2023

When plague wiped out prairie dogs, the entire ecosystem changed

The loss of prairie dogs influenced vegetation and other wildlife

February 7, 2023

Are deer a COVID virus reservoir?

Variants of the virus remain in white-tailed deer after humans no longer contract it

February 2, 2023

New Center to Zero in on Bird Flu

A $1 million National Science Foundation grant is funding the multi-institutional center