Researchers will develop a genetic test to identify the sex of critically endangered Chinese crocodile lizards, a species that lacks distinct and obvious differences in sexual appearance.

Researchers will determine whether it would be safe to release a parasitic wasp in the Galapagos Islands to control a fly devastating young Darwin’s finches.

Researchers will investigate how different rearing practices influence the health of the microbiome (a collection of microbes that live inside and outside the body) in whooping crane chicks.

Researchers will test a probiotic treatment strategy (the use of beneficial, pathogen-inhibiting microbes) in wild boreal toads under threat from an emerging fungal disease.

Researchers will investigate a novel treatment for brevetoxicosis (a condition caused by ingesting harmful toxins produced by algae blooms) in stranded sea turtles.

Researchers will study the relationship between gut bacterial communities (microbiomes) and gastrointestinal health in maned wolves.

Researchers will study the complex issue of genetic diversity when bringing a species back from the brink of extinction, using genetic data from the critically endangered Pacific pocket mouse.

Researchers will characterize and monitor fatty disorders in Quaker parrots, a species prone to high cholesterol, as well as gauge the effects of statin drugs to address these disorders.

Researchers will evaluate factors affecting the delivery of a topically applied oral rabies vaccine for vampire bats in the wild.

Researchers will study how human activity, such as landscape changes, impacts the health and reproduction of African forest elephants.