News & Stories: Hawk Talk
Hawk Talk
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A Stinky Situation
Case Intake The Wildlife Medical Clinic has seen quite a few Virginia opossums this year and these are often a favorite species in the clinic…
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Case Study: The Fix on Fractures
The Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) is one of six subspecies of the Common Box Turtle and is found in the eastern United States.…
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Cats: The Purrfect Storm for Endangering Wildlife
Invasive species are estimated to cost North America $26 billion dollars per year since 2010. From plants like common teasel and buckthorn to animals like…
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Diagnostic Tools in Wildlife Medicine
Observation and Diagnostic Tools When a good Samaritan brings in a Great horned owl that cannot fly or a lethargic Eastern box turtle with no…
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Grounded but not Defeated: An Owl’s Recovery Journey
Arrival and Initial Concerns On August 31, 2025, the Wildlife Medical Clinic received an adult Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) that had been found grounded…
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When a Shell, Isn’t Just a Shell
Intake At the beginning of October, the Wildlife Medical Clinic welcomed a Painted Turtle brought in by a licensed wildlife rehabilitator from Illinois. Sadly, this…
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Eerie Creatures- Scary or Misunderstood
As spooky season approaches, we want to talk about a few animals that get a bad rap for being scarier than they truly are. Owls…
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Meet Onslo the Blue Tongue Skink
Sydney Oliveira, WMC Program Coordinator, brought Onslo (Blue Tongued Skink), a Wildlife Medical Clinic animal ambassador along on her visit to CiLiving. He is one…
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Myth or Fact Wildlife Trivia
Join Kayla Buck, WMC Summer Ambassador Intern, and Emily Blum, WMC Summer Clinic Intern as they play some Wildlife Trivia on our most recent visit…
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Chronic Wasting Disease in White-tail Deer
White-tailed Deer In addition to being named the state mammal, the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is the only native deer species present within Illinois and…
