Tag: wildlife health

September 30, 2021

For species on the brink, biologists take a stab at vaccines

Vaccines have been getting a lot of attention recently as scientists work to protect people from COVID-19. The use of vaccines for animals in the wild has been rare, but...

July 26, 2021

California system keeps an eye out for wildlife illness

A new surveillance system in California may help identify unusual patterns of wildlife illness and death as they unfold by tapping into data from wildlife rehabilitation organizations across the state....

April 12, 2021

Fund helps research into disorder killing Florida panthers

A grant from the Fish & Wildlife Foundation will help scientists’ efforts to understand a puzzling disorder affecting Florida panthers (Puma concolor coryi) and bobcats (Lynx rufus). The $150,000 grant,...

March 2, 2021

WHO investigators seek COVID-19’s wildlife origins

Researchers are trying to zero in on the origin of COVID-19, but many questions remain, even after international investigators traveled to China to gain a better understanding. Nature spoke to...

November 27, 2018

New legislation calls for study of chronic wasting disease

Senators John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Doug Jones, D-Ala., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., introduced legislation aimed at increasing the ability of wildlife managers to keep cervid populations healthy. The Chronic Wasting Disease...

February 27, 2018

New blog presents wildlife health field stories

A new blog offers firsthand accounts of wildlife health researchers in the field across the globe. Blogs from the Field is published by Wildlife Health Cornell, one of the university’s...