New publication focusing on the #wildlifetrade and associated health risks in #Peru published in the journal Global Ecology & Conservation. Research funded in part by PREDICT, part of the capacity strengthening legacy of the project. ohi.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/blog/new-pub/d… 📸: Musuk Nolte/WCS

#SiguiendoBallenas es un proyecto de CESIMAR - CCT CONICET-CENPAT, Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera, ESCiMar @prensaunco, F. Patagonia Natural, Instituto Aqualie, Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas, Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research, NOAA, Programa de Monitoreo Sanitario Ballena Franca A., Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center (WHC) y WCS Argentina

Beautiful video on #BarnOwl digestion just released by KQED Science on #DeepLook! Local celeb Ember (California Raptor Center (CRC)'s education ambassador barn owl) is also featured 🌟

So great to see the Drayers this past week! Karen & Phil Drayer's involvement with our work began 20+ years ago when they partnered with UC Davis Veterinary Medicine to provide much-needed funds to develop our center. To this day they continue to be avid supporters of our work!

Since Sept 24, the Southern Right Whale Health Monitoring Program has been documenting an unusual mortality event that has killed at least 15 whales. Leading hypothesis for the cause of this sad, ongoing event: toxic algae. Latest update from the team: whc.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/news/ongoing-s…

New collab between our Latin America Program, Shedd Aquarium, & Argentina's CESIMAR-CONICET! Aims to understand wild #MagellanicPenguin diets to protect food sources and prepare for climate impacts. #penguins #conservation whc.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/news/shedd-aqu…

Winston Vickers, current project lead for our CA #MountainLion Project and Dr. Jessica Sanchez, a postdoctoral fellow at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance interviewed on KPBS "Mid-Day Edition" to talk about how humans and pumas can continue to live together: kpbs.org/news/midday-ed…

PROJECT SPOTLIGHT: Skywalker Gibbons There are thought to be less than 150 Skywalker gibbons remaining in the wild. We're working with international collaborators to help bring these gibbons back from the brink of extinction. Learn more: skywalkergibbon.org 📸: Pengfei Fan

Our CA #MountainLion project lead Dr. Vickers contributed data to mortality maps from the #UCDavis Road Ecology Center which show that many cougars suffer similar fates as the late #P22, with 1-2 killed every week on CA roads and highways 2015-2022.

On Saturday, Congolese wildlife authority rangers confiscated an infant #chimpanzee from rebels & delivered him to Gorilla Doctors. He was tiny, only 3kg with a wound on his left hand that we treated. Drs. Eddy & Fabrice cared for him before transporting him to @lwiroprimates.

Findings from a study led by The SeaDoc Society Science Director Dr. Joe Gaydos were published in PLOS One. Study documents a strong increase in point prevalence of the 2 most common lesion types in all 3 Southern Resident #KillerWhale pods observed 2004-2016. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Last week members of our management team responded to the #LosGatosCreekIncident in Coalinga. Field teams collected 94 oil-impacted Western Toads and 1 Western Spadefoot from the spill site across several days. CDFW Spill Prevention & Response UC Davis Veterinary Medicine

Update from our #WildAlert team: A grant was awarded to create a WildAlert platform specific to the state of #Arizona. This system, in partnership with the UC Davis Veterinary Medicine and EpiEcos, will be created and launched by September 2024. Learn more: blog.wrmd.org/arizona-wildal…

Grand Challenges + UC Davis Veterinary Medicine are hosting a May 16 virtual event on the topic of #AvianInfluenza. Latin America Program director Marcy Uhart will provide opening remarks on her frontline experience conducting avian influenza surveillance. Register: bit.ly/combat_avian_f…

New piece by UC Davis Veterinary Medicine Dean Stetter published in JAVMA on committing to the #OneHealth approach for tackling complex health challenges, with special shout-outs to our spectrum of programs across the globe: avmajournals.avma.org/view/journals/… 📸: Skyler Bishop for Gorilla Doctors