Gorilla Doctors Content

Ensuring a Future for 10 Iconic Animals

Katherine E Kerlin — April 19, 2023 - 1:16pm

As the Endangered Species Act celebrates 50 years, a UC feature story highlights swag�� efforts to protect animals like Channel Island foxes and white abalone.

Study Predicts Poor Survival Rates if Ebola Infects Endangered Mountain Gorillas

Katherine E Kerlin — April 12, 2023 - 1:26pm

If infected with the Ebola virus, less than 20 percent of Africa's endangered mountain gorillas would be expected to survive more than 100 days, finds a study from Smithsonian Institution, the swag��-based Gorilla Doctors and others.

Chew On This: Personalized Health Care for Mountain Gorillas

Katherine E Kerlin — October 20, 2022 - 7:00am

Chewed plants are helping Gorilla Doctors and swag�� veterinarians provide personalized health care to wild, endangered mountain gorillas in East Africa.

A Possible COVID-19 Silver Lining for Great Ape Conservation

Katherine E Kerlin — February 10, 2022 - 12:15pm

Respiratory illness outbreaks among wild mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park have declined since the start of COVID-19, according to a “Correspondence” report in the journal Nature from Gorilla Doctors and the Rwanda Development Board.

Mountain gorillas are susceptible to human-transmitted respiratory pathogens. Respiratory illness is the second leading cause of death in wild, human-habituated populations.

Conservation Success Leads to New Challenges for Endangered Mountain Gorillas

Katherine E Kerlin — May 25, 2021 - 5:43am

A study published today in Scientific Reports suggests that new health challenges may be emerging as a result of conservationists’ success in pulling mountain gorillas back from the brink of extinction.

Scientists Find Ebola Virus Antibodies in People Before 2018 DRC Outbreak

Katherine E Kerlin — November 04, 2020 - 8:00am

Scientists found antibodies to Ebola virus in people up to a year before the 2018 Ebola virus disease outbreak began in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC. This suggests that either early cases may have been missed or that exposure occurs more commonly than previously thought, according to a study led by the University of California, Davis.

Mountain Gorilla Numbers on the Rise

Katherine E Kerlin — December 16, 2019 - 9:50am

A 2018 survey shows that mountain gorilla numbers have increased in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, and Sarambwe Reserve, DR Congo, according to the Uganda Wildlife Authority. The 2018 Bwindi-Sarambwe mountain gorilla survey found a minimum of 459 mountain gorillas in these regions, an increase from the previous survey estimate in 2011 of 400.

When combined with the 2015-2016 population survey results of 604 mountain gorillas in the Virunga Massif, the total world population of endangered mountain gorillas now stands at 1,063.

Strengthening Global Health Security in Africa and Asia

Kristin Burns — June 03, 2019 - 11:40am

PREDICT is training students and professionals in One Health skills, empowering country-led teams to prevent and respond to epidemic and pandemic threats

At swag��, the One Health Institute has been integral in global surveillance for zoonotic viruses through its leadership of PREDICT, a collaborative international project funded by the U.S.

Learning From Gorillas to Save Killer Whales

Katherine E Kerlin — November 07, 2018 - 2:45pm

In 2018, the southern resident killer whale population in the Pacific Northwest’s Salish Sea was at its lowest ever. The world watched in September as an orca named Scarlet, or J50, wasted away and died, leaving just 74 of her kind left. Some wondered if this was “What extinction looks like.”

THE DOWNLOAD: Floating, Decorating, Tasting

Cody Kitaura — June 26, 2018 - 12:30pm

An island of plants is improving the water quality and habitat in the Arboretum Waterway, but it didn't appear there naturally.

The floating pad, described in the above video, was launched near Putah Creek Lodge by Arboretum and Public Garden Learning by Leading Waterway Stewardship interns.