All Articles: Wildlife Necropsy Project

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

Male mallard duck standing on the shore

Seven of nine mallard ducklings (Anas platyrhynchos) housed in the same enclosure and considered to be healthy on July 28, 2025.

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An adult female WT deer was seen over multiple days with its fawn by a property owner. In the evening of July 19, 2025.