The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak has recorded more than 4,000 deaths, authorities say, as they struggle to contain the spread of the virus.

[Photo above: Dead elephant seal pups spread on an extended Argentine beach of coastal Patagonia. Adults abandoned the breeding area. There are only carcasses in a coast that should have congregated t...

Les animaux ne reconnaissent pas les frontières provinciales ou nationales, et comprendre leurs déplacements, leur santé et leurs populations nécessite la collaboration de nombreux organismes œuvrant ...

Animals do not recognize provincial or national borders, and understanding their movements, health, and populations requires many organizations working toward a common goal. At the CWHC’s Ontario/Nuna...

A diminutive wild cat that inhabits Bolivia's cloud forest has been identified as a previously unknown species, marking the first time a new living cat species has been formally named and described in...

Les maladies aviaires constituent un sujet important en approche Une seule santé. La salmonellose, la coccidiose, l’influenza aviaire et le virus du Nil occidental, pour n’en nommer que quelques-unes,...

Avian diseases are a significant topic in One Health. Salmonella, coccidia, avian influenza, and West Nile virus, to name a few, are well known for their potential to In this context, one group of pat...

The United Nations on Friday voted for a shift away from the 16th-century Mercator global map toward one more accurately reflecting countries' true size, a resolution sponsored by African states to co...

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Headlines about rabies, Ebola, hantavirus, and avian influenza continue to remind us that wildlife diseases not only affect wildlife, but can also affect people, our pets, and our livestock. This is w...

La saison des moustiques est de retour, tout comme le virus du Nil occidental (VNO). Chaque été, le virus refait surface dans certaines régions du Canada, circulant entre les moustiques et les oiseaux...

Mosquito season is back, and so is West Nile Virus (WNV). Each summer, the virus re-emerges across parts of Canada, cycling between mosquitoes and birds, with occasional spillover into humans and othe...

Official statement on the impact of wildfires and the need for investment in preparedness for the climate-and environment-related emergencies.

A National Celebration captures the final stop on the Man Machine Poem Tour on August 20th, 2016 at the K-Rock Centre in Kingston, Ontario and marks their last performance as a five-piece band.

In a news release Tuesday, the government says a case of white-nose syndrome, along with the fungus that causes the disease, was found a bat in the Fort Smith area as part of ongoing monitoring.

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Wildlife disease outbreaks are increasing, representing a growing threat to biodiversity. Despite this, their demographic cost and recover times are p…

The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative Atlantic bat team is asking the public to report sightings of bats by calling the Atlantic Bat Hotline at 1-833-434-BATS (2287).

Influenza A (H5Nx) highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses of clade 2.3.4.4b were first detected in North America in late 2021, initiating a multi-year outbreak unprecedented in geographic extent, d...

Now that spring is upon us, bats have started to emerge from hibernation or migrate back north, and some people are bound to encounter them. Many people are afraid of bats, some due to their link to s...

Maintenant que le printemps est arrivé, les chauves-souris commencent à sortir de leur hibernation ou à migrer de nouveau vers le nord, et certaines personnes ne manqueront pas d’en rencontrer. Plusie...

At the end of December 2025, we began receiving reports from a wildlife rehabilitator in Ottawa, ON regarding numerous sick finches suspected to have Mycoplasmosis. The birds were all described as hav...

À la fin décembre 2025, nous avons commencé à recevoir des signalements d’un centre de réhabilitation de la faune à Ottawa, en Ontario, concernant de nombreux oiseaux malades soupçonnés d’être atteint...

The wildlife trade affects a quarter of terrestrial vertebrates and creates opportunities for cross-species pathogen transmission, but its precise role in shaping animal-human pathogen exchange remain...

Un grand nombre de carcasses de grands brochets et de crapets-soleils ont été observées à la mi-mars sous la glace des lacs des Fauvel situés à Blainville dans la région des Laurentides au nord de Mon...

A large number of carcasses of northern pike and sunfish were observed in mid-March under the ice of the Lacs des Fauvel located in Blainville, in the Laurentides region north of Montreal, Quebec. Obs...

Abstract. Since 2020, H5Nx high pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs) have caused widespread disruptions not only to global agriculture and trade

When the first highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak occurred in Ontario in March 2022, the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) Ontario/Nunavut node significantly increased the annual num...

When the first highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak occurred in Ontario in March 2022, the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) Ontario/Nunavut node significantly increased the annual number of wildlife cases brought in compared to the previous year:  increasing from ~500 cases a year in 2021 to 1,278 cases in 2022 and now 1,556 cases in […]

En janvier 2026, la monographie (en anglais) suivante a été publiée dans le Journal of North American Bat Research : « Welfare and Handling Recommendations for Bat Surveys in Canada ». Cet article est...

In January 2026, “Welfare and Handling Recommendations for Bat Surveys in Canada” was published open source as the first monograph in the Journal of North American Bat Research. The article was the cu...

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Free-ranging wild ungulates are integral to the health and well-being of Canadian socioecological systems, contributing various One Health benefits (e.g., nutrient cycling, sustainable food resources)...

Monitoring wildlife health is important, as diseases can impact the abundance of species, and several can also affect domestic animals and people with significant economic and social costs. Examples o...

Press Release Unusual Kidney Lesions Discovered in Calgary’s Urban Jackrabbits Reveal New Insights into City Wildlife Health Calgary, Alberta – A veterinary researcher, Jamie Rothenburger, studying ur...

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