Watching Out for Darwin’s Finches and Other Galapagos Natives
Cummings graduate Paula Castaño restores ecosystems to protect species on the famous archipelago
Center for Conservation Medicine
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
Nathan Alexander
Student Profile
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.
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.
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
A Day in the Life of a Whale Researcher
Anjali Narasimhan, VG19, shares a first-person account of studying humpback whales in the remote wilderness of southeast Alaska
The Consequences of Spraying Fire Retardants on Wildfires
A graduate of the M.S. in conservation medicine program shares what she learned during the Tufts program about the methods used to fight wildfires in California