Bruce Smith
Jan 271 min read
Elk, winter feeding, and CWD
Feeding of elk on the National Elk Refuge I haven't posted about this topic for a while, but this reporting in WyoFile is newsworthy. ...
Bruce Smith
Sep 13, 20241 min read
More of Us, Less of Them
Newly published research in Science predicts that by 2070 almost half of Earth's land surface will experience increases in spatial...
Bruce Smith
Jun 2, 20231 min read
CWD rages on
It's been some time since I posted about chronic wasting disease (CWD), the neurodegenerative and 100% fatal disease of cervids, species...
Bruce Smith
Aug 20, 20221 min read
Climate hazards worsen human disease
A study published in Nature Climate Change reports that over half of 375 human infectious diseases are made worse by extreme weather...
Bruce Smith
Jun 20, 20221 min read
Spillover: Emerging Disease Threats
A peer-reviewed study published in the journal Nature in April discussed how interactions between people and animals are at the heart of...
Bruce Smith
May 29, 20221 min read
Covid in Mink
This New York Times article summarizes the complexity of the human-wildlife disease interface. Mink farms in the US, as in the...
Bruce Smith
Mar 31, 20221 min read
Covid and Wildlife
Following on my earlier posts in January and February about the human-wildlife connection of Covid-19, this link accesses a half hour...
Bruce Smith
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Biodiversity and Disease Spillover
In a recent post, I discussed how humans have been infecting free-roaming wildlife and zoo animals with Covid 19. These are cases of a...
Bruce Smith
Jan 14, 20222 min read
Covid and the Human-Wildlife Interface
A variety of zoo animals are becoming infected by Covid19. Some are dying from the disease. Although we can’t be certain, it seems likely...