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Nick Tanner and Daniel Flinchbaugh with a finished bat box.

Penn Vet’s Wildlife Futures Program launches habitat initiative for Philadelphia bats

With the bat population on a sharp decline since 2008, the Program collaborated with Penn Sustainability and Penn Facilities and Real Estate Services to develop bat boxes designed to mimic tree habitat and support the daily needs and overall health of bats.

What to know about the current avian influenza outbreak

Louise Moncla and Aliza Simeone of Penn Vet and Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center share helpful information for the public.

An integral T cell pathway helps regulate female gene expression

Penn Vet researchers have revealed a connection between NF-κB signaling pathways and X chromosome inactivation, which has implications for understanding sex-based immune responses during infection.

Dogs engage in scent-sational science to sniff out staphylococcus bacteria

Meghan Ramos and Cynthia Otto of the School of Veterinary Medicine and colleagues are training dogs to detect infections that accumulate on orthopedic implants after surgery.

Reducing a dog’s temperature after exercise with voluntary head dunking

Penn Vet Working Dog Center researchers have identified an effective and field-applicable way to rapidly help dogs cool down after exercise.

Cats that fetch are more common than you might think. New study finds 41% of felines retrieve

A study co-authored by James Serpell of the School of Veterinary Medicine finds that 41% of cats fetch.

Andrew M. Hoffman reappointed dean of Penn Vet

Hoffman’s second term as the Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine will extend to June 30, 2030.

Do cats really hate water?

Carlo Siracusa of the School of Veterinary Medicine says we tend to think cats are unique in not liking water, but there are also many dogs that do not like water.

Cats and dogs both like to play fetch − it’s rooted in their hunting instincts

James Serpell of the School of Veterinary Medicine explores just how common fetching is and what characteristics of a cat or dog and their environment are likely to predict fetching.

‘Button dogs’ do understand words — and not just from their humans

Postdoc Amritha Mallikarjun of the School of Veterinary Medicine says that the rich linguistic meaning behind human words doesn’t necessarily translate to dogs.

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