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Isolated hellbender specimen in container Monday, January 30, 2023

Researching Vaccination in Wildlife Leads to New Insights in Amphibian Disease

Have you ever wondered how some people avoid getting sick even when they’re surrounded by sick people? Disease can seem pretty random- either you catch a bug from your coughing friend, or you get lucky and stay healthy. Though chance...

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White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), buck Tuesday, December 13, 2022

White-tailed Deer: A Potential SARS-CoV-2 Reservoir?

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, much was unknown regarding its impact on non-human species beyond the link to China's wild animal food market. Caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), it...

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Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) on moss Friday, December 2, 2022

Finding Four-toed Salamanders

Protecting wildlife is hard. Every species has a unique set of environmental needs and is faced with a unique set of challenges and threats. These constraints mean that wildlife conservation can get very complicated, very quickly, when...

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screen shot of title slide Monday, November 7, 2022

Your Choice of Ammunition

Your Choice of Ammunition Video of Your Choice of Ammunition An informational video for NYS hunter education courses.

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close up black bear face Thursday, November 3, 2022

The Itch Black Bears Can't Scratch is Spreading...

The bear was miserable, rubbing itself incessantly against the tree. It had been scratching the relentless itch so much that its fur had fallen out and its skin had thickened to a leathery crust. Because it spent all its time...

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Portrait of a young girl holding an open book while standing near formulas written on a blackboard behind her. Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Mathematical Strategies To Restore Ecosystems

Well-designed quantitative analyses provide managers with guidance to work towards maintaining sustainable wildlife populations. Such analyses include investigations of population trends, probing of novel information to fill gaps in...

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close up image of crow head Monday, July 18, 2022

Surviving West Nile Virus Infection - Crows Fighting Back

As summer moves into high gear, the number of cases of West Nile virus (WNV) infection in birds is also rising. West Nile virus is transmitted to birds by infected mosquitoes. While all species of birds are susceptible to infection and...

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white-tailed deer near lake Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Understanding CWD Outbreak Potential

We regularly summarize complicated natural phenomena into simple numbers and then use those numbers to make basic choices.   For example, instead of depicting all the drivers of weather that coalesce into a daily high temperature,...

Category: In the News
Bald eagle and eaglets in nest Thursday, January 13, 2022

Lead in eagles: Where do we go from here?

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...

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Intro slide for wildlife career panel Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Careers in Wildlife Health Panel Discussion

On May 20, 2020, the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab hosted a panel discussion to benefit DVM students interested in career options in the field of wildlife health. The panel included former students, some who worked and trained with the...

Category: In the News
Math on a chalkboard Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Understanding the Basics of Mathematical Modeling

"All models are wrong, but some are useful."  -George Box  You have likely heard this quote repeated during the COVID-19 pandemic. At quick glance, it seems to convey broad permission to comprehensively dismiss the use of models...

Category: In the News
pickerel frog on leaves Tuesday, April 21, 2020

What the Heck is Herping?

Now that the equinox has come and gone, precipitation has turned from snow to rain (usually), skunk cabbage is unfurling through the leaf litter and robins forage on the lawns…they’re out. The herps are out, and along with them, the...

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Beach with #1 sign Wednesday, April 15, 2020

One is the Loneliest Number...

There are numbers coming at us from every corner of the planet. How do we distill them down to understand the underlying trends?  In particular, how do we quickly answer the question "What is the current trend of COVID-19 in a...

Category: In the News
black bear in a doctor's office Monday, February 17, 2020

Wildlife Vaccination - Growing in Feasibility?

Each fall we see announcements reminding us to get a flu shot and those of us with pets get reminders from our vets to bring Fluffy in for her annual shots. These shots are vaccinations intended to help our immune systems protect us from...

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Adult and juvenile bald eagles Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Finding the delicate balance using math! Try IsoPOPd, our new interactive software app for understanding the link between life history traits and population-scale growth rates

Conservation functions at the population scale Population growth rates are important in assessing the viability of populations. The growth rate of a population summarizes the net contribution of a population to its subsequent generation...

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Dr Schuler in the the Hearing room in DC Friday, June 28, 2019

Dr. Schuler goes to Washington

Dr. Krysten Schuler, wildlife disease ecologist with the New York State Wildlife Health Program, testified before the U.S. House Natural Resource Committee – Oversight Subcommittee on June 25. The topic was chronic wasting disease (CWD...

Category: In the News
Ring-necked snake Friday, April 12, 2019

Everything you wanted to know about Snake Fungal Disease but were afraid to ask

What is Snake Fungal Disease? Snake Fungal Disease (SFD) is caused by the fungus Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola and it poses a significant threat to wild snakes in the eastern United States. First discovered in 2006 in a declining New...

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close up image of bald eagle beak Tuesday, March 19, 2019

What's a necropsy? The science behind this valuable diagnostic tool

The word “autopsy” comes from the roots autos (“self”) and opsis (a sight, or seeing with one’s own eyes)- so an autopsy is the examination of a body after death by someone of like species- another human.  So what do you call the post-...

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Desert tortoise digging a burrow Thursday, March 14, 2019

How does math help restore wildlife communities? Try StallPOPd, our new interactive software app to Stall Growth of a Human Subsidized Predator and find out!

Professionals who manage animals regularly face challenging decisions Veterinarians, zoo personnel, biologists, scientists, and resource managers sometimes share the professional duty to dispatch animals.  In the case of resource...

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white-tailed doe Thursday, February 21, 2019

Prion Hypothesis for CWD: An Examination of the Evidence

As a wildlife disease ecologist, I’ve been asked my opinion on the scientific support for prions as the agent of chronic wasting disease (CWD). I have been studying CWD for two decades. The spiroplasma (bacteria) theory1 has been around...

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