Are Threatened Wildlife Species Safe from COVID-19?
Friday, May 15th, 2020
Research assistant professor Chris Whittier says the pandemic raises many questions around the relationships among human, animal, and environmental health.
Chris Whittier
Why do animals go extinct?
Friday, October 4th, 2019
Some 25 to 50% of animal species on Earth are expected to go extinct over the next 10 to 20 years. Dr. Chris Whittier, V97, director of our M.S. in conservation medicine program, explains why—and shares a glimmer of hope.
Spider Monkey Mission
Monday, September 16th, 2019
Cummings School alumni and faculty members team up to help a monkey victim of the illegal pet trade
The young spider monkey was no more than a year old when her mother was killed. Poachers in Belize had shot her so they could sell the young monkey as a pet. The shotgun blast knocked the small monkey clear of the tree where she was being cradled by her mother—shattering her right arm, dislocating her tail, and peppering her body with shot pellets.
Giraffes Under Parasitic Attack?
Thursday, July 11th, 2019
Besides their graceful long necks and legs, giraffes are most recognizable by their distinctive spots. Now conservationists are concerned about a different sort of spots on giraffes, made up of dead tissue and crusty sores that ooze blood or pus.
Five Things You Didn’t Know about Groundhogs
Monday, January 28th, 2019
Chris Whittier, V97, research assistant professor of conservation medicine at Cummings School, shares the dirt on these important enormous, whistling, burrowing squirrels While many Americans would recognize famed Punxsutawney Phil as a groundhog, they may… Read More
Why are there so many wild turkeys in Massachusetts now?
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018
Chris Whittier, V97, research assistant professor of conservation medicine at Cummings School, explains
How do deer survive harsh winter weather?
Tuesday, January 30th, 2018
Chris Whittier, V97, research assistant professor of conservation medicine at Cummings School, explains White-tailed deer, the kind found in Massachusetts and across most of the United States, are the widest-ranging ungulate in the Americas, from… Read More
A look back at EcoHealthNet 2017 Workshop “Dealing with Emerging Threats to Global Health; Zoonoses and Antimicrobial Resistance”
Thursday, November 16th, 2017
Cummings Voices blog post inspired by ramen, written by Adam Krantz, MCM17 with significant contributions from Vikas Mendhiratta, V19 and Makoto Sakomoto V19. EcoHealthNet is an undergraduate and graduate-level global research coordination network, funded by… Read More
How a Tiny Worm is Irritating the Most Majestic of Giraffes
Friday, May 19th, 2017
Chris Whittier is collaborating on a study investing the link between flies and the spreading of a skin disease amongst giraffe populations throughout Africa.
This vaccine just might stop Ebola from annihilating the great apes
Thursday, March 16th, 2017
Every great ape species (other than humankind) is either endangered or critically endangered. There are 5,000 Eastern gorillas left on Earth.
