Researchers will investigate the impacts of sub-lethal lead exposure on physiology, behavior and reproductive success of the northern mockingbird in New Orleans.

Researchers will develop and assess the effectiveness of a disease management strategy in endangered San Joaquin kit foxes with sarcoptic mange, a fatal skin disease in this species caused by burrowing mites.

Researchers will identify genetic variations in different bacterial strains of tuberculosis affecting wildlife, an important first step toward developing new treatments formultiple species.

Researchers will explore risk factors for cardiomyopathy, a chronic heart condition and an important cause of mortality in free-ranging southern sea otters.

Researchers will investigate the mechanisms influencing egg production success in endangered cranes to enhance conservation breeding and reintroduction programs.

Researchers will identify ways to stop the spread of an ongoing epidemic of peste des petits ruminants, also known as goat plague, that is threatening the survival of the critically endangered saiga antelope and other wild hoofed mammals in Mongolia.

Researchers will develop new tools to measure chronic stress in whales, dolphins and porpoises.

Researchers will investigate whether reproductive disease in southern stingrays is linked to obesity.

Researchers will develop a noninvasive pregnancy test for conservation management of multiple wildlife species, including African lion, dama gazelle and maned wolf.

Researchers will investigate how hemangiosarcoma cells use cholesterol and lipids to promote tumor growth and look at ways to block tumor cells from using these metabolic fuels.