WildAlert- an AI-driven early warning system that integrates fine tuned BERT-based natural language processing models with unsupervised anomaly detection framework to
identify unusual wildlife health events using real-time pre-diagnostic clinical data from wildlife rehabilitation
organizations.
A March 2026 study documenting the parasites was published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Researchers from the University of Washington found Echinococcus multilocularis in 37 of the 100 coyotes they surveyed in Washington’s Puget Sound region. “The fact that we found it here in one-third of our coyotes was surprising, because it wasn’t […]
The U.S. Geological Survey’s National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) is continuing to track the effects of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) on wild birds across the country. From September 2025 through January 2026, wildlife agencies reported 241 bird mortality events involving more than 126,000 wild birds in 28 states. These […]
This detection of HPAI in a wild goose species in Nebraska marks the furthest west case and first case in a Central Flyway state.
Two studies point to live mammals sold at the Huanan Wholesale Market as the source.
Another eastern state has detected domestic cases of the virus affecting both wild and domestic rabbits.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has recently been detected in both wild and domestic birds in multiple states across the U.S.
The National Veterinary Services Laboratory has confirmed a case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a Louisiana white-tailed deer.
State and Federal partners are working jointly on additional surveillance and testing in areas around the affected flocks.
Deadline for the research and scholarship student awards is February 25th
WildAlert: A Real-Time, AI-Driven Early Warning System for Wildlife Health and Ecological Threat Detection 
Tapeworm (Echinococcus multilocularis) previously not found in the Pacific Northwest has been detected in Washington state’s coyotes 
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Continues to Affect Wild Birds Across All Four U.S. Flyways 
Wildlife Disease Association (WDA) Annual Conference 2026: Chicago, Illinois July 26-31, 2026 
Global Amphibian & Reptile Disease Conference 2026 
Wildlife Disease Association 70th Annual International Conference 2022 
Virtual 36th Annual Wildlife & Exotic Animal Symposium hosted by the students of WAAM & AEMC at UC Davis 
Wildlife Disease Association/European Wildlife Disease Association Joint Virtual Conference 2021 Designed by WPZOOM
