Field in Focus: Kawgun Cave 360

Immerse yourself Kawgun Cave in Myanmar, a Buddhist pilgrimage site. It is also a research site for wildlife veterinarians with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's Global Health Program. A troop of macaques and bats also live in the cave. Wildlife veterinarians test the macaques and bats for diseases.

Watch Field in Focus—Predicting Pandemics to learn about the research veterinarians are doing on emerging infectious diseases in wildlife.