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How observations from individual wildlife patients become signals that can help scientists and agencies recognize unusual health events.

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A Decade in the Making: Connecting Wildlife Data

For more than a decade, we've been working toward a vision: a future where the information collected while caring for individual wild animals can help…

November 2, 2026
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WRMD & Wild Neighbors: Every Wildlife Record Tells a Story

When that information is entered into WRMD, it becomes the record of one animal's experience. But when we zoom out and look across thousands of wildli…

October 29, 2026
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765 starving seabirds in six weeks

We've responded to large stranding events before, but nothing on this scale. Our team is working tirelessly to give each of these birds the care they…

October 29, 2026
WRMD

A New Look for The Wild Neighbors Database Project

Our new website is live!

October 29, 2026
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New WRMD features: introducing the Public Animal Intake Form

A customizable way for the public to report an injured or orphaned animal — reviewed by your team before it ever becomes a patient record.

August 19, 2026
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Know exactly what changed: introducing the Audit Log

WRMD now keeps an automatic, unchangeable record of every change to a patient record — one of the most requested features in its history.

July 7, 2026
Organization

Our 2025 Impact Report

A look at what the network accomplished last year — and a thank you to everyone who made it possible.

July 1, 2026
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Find your species faster: introducing Curated Common Names

Build a short list of the species your organization actually treats, and the admission form quietly narrows itself to match.

June 23, 2026
WRMD

Your Data, Your Rules: Introducing Required Fields

Required Fields is available to WRMD Pro users and lets your organization designate the fields that matter most to you as mandatory — above and…

June 16, 2026
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WRMD Best Practices

This page lists tips and tricks for using WRMD to its full capacity. We will continue to update it with new tips weekly.

April 9, 2026
In the news

From Reactive to Predictive Care: A Conversation on AI and Animal Health

WildAlert is mentioned in The Animal Echo. The article explores how AI is transforming animal care, with insights from two of our WildAlert partners.

The Animal Echo (WOAH) · July 8, 2025
WildAlert

Washington State Joins WildAlert

Washington Joins WildAlert: Expanding Early Detection of Unusual Events Across the West We’re thrilled to announce that Washington State is the most…

July 7, 2025

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