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Three Orphaned Mountain Lion Cubs Rescued in San Diego

  • by Emily Senninger/San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
  • December 13, 2023
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Environment
  • Human & Animal Health
  • One Health
Animal Science Ph.D. student Jen Link holds a black cat on the floor of the Sacramento SPCA. She is researching the best way to create a stress-free nail trimming experience for the animal and humans. (Jael Mackendorf/UC Davis)

Can Science Find a Better Way to Trim a Cat’s Nails?

  • by Emily C. Dooley
  • November 30, 2023
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Human & Animal Health
Woman takes sample from shark while another woman holds the shark

Studying Sharks in San Francisco Bay

  • by Jocelyn Anderson
  • November 14, 2023
  • The Student Researcher
  • Human & Animal Health
Mountain lion walks hills at night with city lights of Los Angeles shining below

City and Highway Lights Threaten Mountain Lion Habitats

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • November 06, 2023
  • Science and Climate
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Environment
  • Human & Animal Health
  • One Health
Female rhesus macaque monkeys and infants at the California National Primate Research Center at UC Davis.

Zika Infection in Pregnant Macaques Slows Fetal Growth

  • by Andy Fell
  • October 25, 2023
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Human & Animal Health
Seven Golden Retrievers shown in a field. UC Davis researchers find a gene associated with longevity in the breed. (Jessica Hecock)

Can Golden Retrievers Live Longer?

  • by Amy Quinton
  • October 19, 2023
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Human & Animal Health
Killer whale pushes dolphin with its nose in water

Why Are Killer Whales Harassing and Killing Porpoises Without Eating Them?

  • by Justin Cox
  • September 28, 2023
  • Science and Climate
  • Environment
  • Human & Animal Health
  • One Health
coyote on a highway with glimpse of car in view

California Roadkill Data Shows Decline of Mule Deer, Coyote

  • by Emily C. Dooley
  • September 25, 2023
  • Environment
  • Human & Animal Health
  • Science and Climate
Gray wolves at the Oakland Zoo

Gray Wolf Personality Research Uses Puzzle Boxes, Rain Sticks

  • by Emily C. Dooley
  • September 20, 2023
  • Science and Climate
  • Environment
  • Human & Animal Health
Woman in Tanzania walking with livestock

UC Davis Researchers Awarded $28M to Combat Rift Valley Fever

  • by Trina Wood
  • September 14, 2023
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Human & Animal Health
  • One Health
Ibis stand besides plates of food and water in an enclosed wildlife care facility

Efforts Intensify To Assist Avian Botulism-Affected Birds At Tulare Lake

  • by California Department of Fish and Wildife/ Oiled Wildlife Care Network
  • September 09, 2023
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Environment
  • Human & Animal Health
  • One Health
Sea turtle with tumors

Scientists Investigate Green Sea Turtle Tumor Disease

  • by Emily C. Dooley
  • August 31, 2023
  • Science and Climate
  • Environment
  • Human & Animal Health
  • One Health
  • Science and Climate
UC Davis researchers find that the right combination of blending fruits can give your body a nutritional boost. Photo shows banana and blueberry smoothie. (Getty)

The Right Combo: Getting the Most Health Benefits from Fruit Smoothies

  • by Tiffany Dobbyn
  • August 24, 2023
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Human & Animal Health
Sea level rise, water over bridge

Climate Change Experts List

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • August 05, 2023
  • Science and Climate
  • Environment
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Human & Animal Health
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A young woman stops her car to look at her mobile phone.

Abortion Facility Access Means Long Drives for Nearly 42% of Women

  • by Julia Ann Easley and Sara Zaske
  • August 02, 2023
  • University
  • Human & Animal Health
Gray patches cover the back. of a killer whale partly submerged in the ocean

Skin Disease in Endangered Killer Whales Concerns Scientists

  • by Justin Cox
  • June 28, 2023
  • Science and Climate
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Environment
  • Human & Animal Health
Two veterinarians examine a brown alpaca with burn injuries from LNU Lightning Complex Fire in 2020. (UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine)

California Veterinary Emergency Team Ready to Help Animals in Wildfires

  • by Amy Quinton
  • June 28, 2023
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Human & Animal Health
Empty store shelves that were once stocked with infant formula. A UC Davis survey found that nearly half of parents resorted to unsafe feeding methods during the infant formula shortage.

Unsafe Feeding Methods Spiked During Infant Formula Shortage

  • by Amy Quinton
  • June 27, 2023
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Human & Animal Health
Three stray cats on pavement with stone wall background face camera. They include an orange, black and white, and gray cat.

Wild and Feral Cats in Populated Areas Release More Toxoplasmosis Parasites

  • by UC Davis News and Media Relations
  • June 21, 2023
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Environment
  • Human & Animal Health
Mountain lion P-22 closeup of face

Final Necropsy Findings for Beloved Mountain Lion P-22

  • by Trina Wood
  • June 15, 2023
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Environment
  • Human & Animal Health
elephant loggers ride atop elephants in Myanmar with logs to the side and forrest in background

Bat-Borne Sarbecoviruses Spilled Over in Southeast Asia Pre-Pandemic

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • June 09, 2023
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Environment
  • Human & Animal Health
  • Science and Climate
View from above with people spelling out 7-5 on the grass

Veterinary School Kicks Off 75th Anniversary Celebration

  • by Trina Wood
  • May 02, 2023
  • University
  • Human & Animal Health
aerial view of trains full of coal in open air

Coal Trains Increase Air Pollution in San Francisco Bay Area

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • April 27, 2023
  • Science and Climate
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Environment
  • Human & Animal Health
  • One Health
DVM student Melissa Hernandez ‘23 and Dr. Kate Farrell examine a small Chihuahua mix breed dog on a table in the UC Davis veterinary hospital's Emergency Room. The new ER/ICU will open on May 3. (UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine)

Nation’s No. 1 Veterinary School to Open New ER/ICU

  • by Rob Warren
  • April 26, 2023
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Human & Animal Health
Vet students in blue scrubs watch as an instructor shows them how to examine a horse's back

Graduate, Professional Programs Rank Among ‘Best Graduate Schools’

  • by Julia Ann Easley
  • April 24, 2023
  • University
  • Dateline
  • Human & Animal Health
  • One Health

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