Last week, the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine hosted the Special Species Symposium to shine a light on various topics within the fields of zoo, exotic, and wildlife medicine. The Symposium brought speakers from a variety of backgrounds as well as students from Cornell, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Montreal together to discuss these fields. Continue reading 
Wildlife veterinarians may be expected to treat animals even when they have little benefit to society, such as a common cottontail rabbit. María Juarez ('21) discusses her philosophical take on when veterinarians should treat these animals. Continue reading 
The European Space Agency: Business Applications has guest authored this post to show how space technology can be applied to the conservation and management of wildlife. Continue reading to hear about a few of the projects that have used satellites to help wildlife. Continue reading 
As an Expanding Horizons project, Daniel Foley ('21) spent a summer in Nepal investigating the prevalence of Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus in villages around the biodiversity-rich Chitwan National Park. Continue reading to learn more about his experience. Continue reading 
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Beck Turcios ('21) worked in the Wildlife Health Lab for her summer VIP project. During her experience she developed a qPCR assay that could detect environmental DNA of the Eastern Tiger Salamander in order to help with conservation efforts. Continue reading to learn more. Continue reading 
Emily MacArthur ('20) is a licensed New York State Wildlife Rehabilitator. Continue reading to find out about some of her experiences and the lessons she learned from them. Continue reading 
Welcome to the WildLIFE blog!
WildLIFE is a new, student-run resource for prospective applicants and current veterinary students to share and learn about the amazing opportunities in zoo and wildlife medicine at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. This field is wild!
We've compiled information about the DVM Curriculum and overviews of many of the zoo and wildlife opportunities at the College. Through Expanding Horizons, Engaged Cornell, AQUAVET, the NY State Diagnostic Lab, personalized research projects, and more, Cornell veterinary students are gaining experience across many different areas of zoological and wildlife medicine. This is your chance to read first-hand accounts written by current veterinary students about their amazing experiences! We also maintain an updated list of lectures, symposia, and other events happening on campus that might pique your interest.
Stay tuned on Wednesdays for regular posts of original content by our students! Click "Featured Posts" in the top menu bar to read all of our students' posts.
Last week, the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine hosted the Special Species Symposium to shine a light on various topics within the fields of zoo, exotic, and wildlife medicine. The Symposium brought speakers from a variety of backgrounds as well as students from Cornell, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Montreal together to discuss these fields. Continue reading
The Cornell University Hospital for Animals has recently agreed to construct a new hospital for cetacean patients. Continue reading to learn more. Continue reading
Wildlife veterinarians may be expected to treat animals even when they have little benefit to society, such as a common cottontail rabbit. María Juarez (’21) discusses her philosophical take on when veterinarians should treat these animals. Continue reading
The European Space Agency: Business Applications has guest authored this post to show how space technology can be applied to the conservation and management of wildlife. Continue reading to hear about a few of the projects that have used satellites to help wildlife. Continue reading
As an Expanding Horizons project, Daniel Foley (’21) spent a summer in Nepal investigating the prevalence of Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus in villages around the biodiversity-rich Chitwan National Park. Continue reading to learn more about his experience. Continue reading
Walk through a harbor on the Pacific coast and more likely than not, you will be greeted by a chorus of barks from California sea lions, whose populations have been rebounding since a large decline in the 1960s. Read on to find out how Nycole Cole was involved in conservation work that resulted in the gratifying return of rehabilitated sea lion pups to the ocean. Continue reading
Victoria Albano (’21) traveled on a Cornell Vet-sponsored trip to the Belize Zoo with other students and faculty to participate in a unique clinical experience. Continue reading to learn more.
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Elvina Yau (’20) conducted research on cheetah nutrition in Namibia, Africa as part of her Expanding Horizons Summer 2018 project. With the experiences acquired, she discusses the bioethics of wildlife intervention. Check out Elvina’s personal blog at Elvina The Explorer! Continue reading
Beck Turcios (’21) worked in the Wildlife Health Lab for her summer VIP project. During her experience she developed a qPCR assay that could detect environmental DNA of the Eastern Tiger Salamander in order to help with conservation efforts. Continue reading to learn more. Continue reading
Emily MacArthur (’20) is a licensed New York State Wildlife Rehabilitator. Continue reading to find out about some of her experiences and the lessons she learned from them. Continue reading
Elvina Yau (’20) conducted research on cheetah nutrition in Namibia, Africa as part of her Expanding Horizons summer project. Through her Cheetah Chronicles, she gives us a glimpse of her unforgettable experience! Check out Elvina’s personal blog at Elvina The Explorer! Continue reading
Elvina Yau (’20) conducted research on cheetah nutrition in Namibia, Africa as part of her Expanding Horizons summer project. Through her Cheetah Chronicles, she gives us a glimpse of her unforgettable experience! Check out Elvina’s personal blog at Elvina The Explorer! Continue reading
Carmen Smith (’21) spent three summers as a research assistant at the University of Illinois as part of the Zoological Pathology Program. Continue reading to learn more about the program and his experience. Continue reading
Kwamina Otseidu (’21) participated in the AQUAVET® I program this past summer to study aquatic medicine. During the program, he found the material on invertebrates particularly fascinating. Continue reading to learn more. Continue reading
Elvina Yau (’20) conducted research on cheetah nutrition in Namibia, Africa as part of her Expanding Horizons summer project. Through her Cheetah Chronicles, she gives us a glimpse of her unforgettable experience! Check out Elvina’s personal blog at Elvina The Explorer! Continue reading
Chris Payne (’21) participated in the AQUAVET® I program this past summer in order to learn about aquatic medicine. Continue reading to hear about one of his highlights from the program, performing surgery on a fish. Continue reading
