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An illustration shows Paula Castaño, in front of a large tortoise and a bird that are native to the Galapagos.

Watching Out for Darwin’s Finches and Other Galapagos Natives

Cummings graduate Paula Castaño restores ecosystems to protect species on the famous archipelago

Colin Gillin, V98, the state wildlife veterinarian for Oregon’s Department of Fish and Wildlife

Keeping Oregon’s Wildlife Healthy by Managing ‘Upstream’

Colin Gillin, V98, shares his strategies for protecting the state’s fish and wildlife from disease, habitat loss, and future unknowns

Professional photo of a man with glasses.

How IVF can be Used in the Conservation of Endangered Species

Danielle Sosnicki Chronicles her MCM’17 Summer Externship at the Colorado State University Department of Biomedical Sciences

From Cages to Trees: Lessons from the Toucan Rescue Ranch

I completed my externship at the Toucan Rescue Ranch mostly to educate myself about the pet trade, which can do a great deal of damage to wild populations of birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians.

Professor and students researching on a river.

A Passion for New England Wildlife

Q&A with assistant professor Christopher Whittier, V97

Katelin Jackson in a hat holding a pomeranian dog.

Searching for Answers

Katelin Jackson, VG15, developing her career in the study of infectious diseases

A giraffe’s long neck and head against a blue sky.

Giraffes Under Parasitic Attack?

Besides their graceful long necks and legs, giraffes are most recognizable by their distinctive spots. Now conservationists are concerned about a different sort of spots on giraffes, made up of dead tissue and crusty sores that ooze blood or pus.

A woman gives water to a koala in a burned-out landscape.

An S.O.S. for Australian Wildlife

Wildfires are ravaging the continent’s wild marsupials and other animals—Cummings School alumni are on the ground helping

Center for Conservation Medicine