All Articles: Wildlife Necropsy Project

Big brown bat perched on the side of a tree

Rabies in a big brown bat.

Two great horned owl nestlings perched together in a tree

Anticoagulant rodenticide toxicity in 2 great horned owlets.

Squirrel on a grey surface in front of a grass background

Rodenticide toxicity in a squirrel. 

Rock pigeon standing on gravel

Neurologic signs in a rock dove.

Canada goose in flight

Neurologic signs in a juvenile Canada goose

Big brown bat in flight

Renal parasitism in a big brown bat

A Virginia opossum in a branch of a tree

When is a parasite just an incidental finding—and when is it actually causing disease?

Red fox standing in the snow

Skin disease in a red fox.

A howling coyote

What caused the disease and death in these two coyotes?

Cooper's hawk sitting on the ground

Neurologic disease in a Cooper's hawk