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satellite view of Salish Sea

Where on Earth Is the Salish Sea?

Posted by Trina Wood on May 17, 2019

Less than half of the people in Washington and British Columbia have heard of the Salish Sea, even though they live alongside it.

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A huemul deer in Chilean Patagonia. (Alejandro Vila/Wildlife Conservation Society)

Life-Threatening Foot Disease Found in Endangered Huemul Deer in Chile

Posted by Trina Wood on April 24, 2019
Scientists report the first cases of foot disease for endangered huemul deer in Chilean Patagonia in a study led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the University of California, Davis’ One Health Institute, with partnering institutions in Chile and the United States. 
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gorilla chewing on plant

One Health for One Earth

Posted by Trina Wood on February 25, 2019
In an increasingly crowded world where people and animals come into ever-closer contact, the lines that separate us – physical, biological, ecological, behavioral – are essentially gone. So, the future of conservation will be initiatives that address the entire ecosystem – a ‘One Health’ approach.
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sea star

Sea Stars Imperiled by Wasting Disease Along West Coast

Posted by Trina Wood on February 15, 2019
The combination of ocean warming and an infectious wasting disease has devastated populations of large sunflower sea stars once abundant along the West Coast of North America in just a few years, according to a study co-led by the University of California, Davis, and Cornell University published Jan. 30 in the journal Science Advances.
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orca

Individual Treatment for Ailing Orcas?

Posted by Trina Wood on January 16, 2019
SeaDoc Society is a nonprofit born out of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. It's trying to form a new medical database to diagnose and treat individual, ailing orcas. The project is being modeled after a personalized veterinary approach used on critically endangered mountain gorillas in Africa.
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male Anna's hummingbird

Tracking Hummingbird Interactions at Urban Feeders

Posted by Trina Wood on December 12, 2018
Wildlife veterinarians at the Hummingbird Health and Conservation Program in the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine recently published a study describing a new system to track hummingbirds visiting feeders in urban gardens. Feeder behavior offers clues about hummingbird health, and disease transmission.
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great horned owl

Visit California Raptor Center's Open House, Oct 20th

Posted by Trina Wood on October 10, 2018

If you give a hoot about raptors, come visit the California Raptor Center’s (CRC) Open House on Saturday, Oct. 20th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. We have two new owl residents for you to meet—a barred owl named Tadita, and Ember, our first barn owl education ambassador in six years! 

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Stranded Harbor Seal

Seal Die-Off Yet to Reach Cape Shores

Posted by Margaret Wong on September 04, 2018
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has opened an investigation into hundreds of seal deaths this summer. Nearly 600 harbor and gray seals stranded on beaches from Maine down to Massachusetts.
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Dr. Marcela Uhart

Dr. Marcela Uhart Honored as Wildlife Hero

Posted by Trina Wood on August 22, 2018
Congratulations to Dr. Marcela “Marcy” Uhart, director of the Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center’s Latin America Program. She received the Wildlife Disease Association's 2018 Distinguished Service Award.
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The brown dog tick is more likely to bite people and spread the often fatal bacterial infection, experts say.

New Tick Causes Epidemic of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Posted by Margaret Wong on August 15, 2018
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is already dangerous, and the new carrier is more likely to bite people than the ticks that usually spread it, the team of U.S. and Mexican researchers said.
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