Aidan Branney, M.Sc.
@aidanbranney.bsky.social
UGA Presidential Research Fellow
Studying lion movement, carnivore communities, African predator-prey dynamics 🦁 🦒 🇳🇦
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, TAMUK 2022 🐗
Cal Poly Humboldt 2018 🌲
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aidan-Branney
Studying lion movement, carnivore communities, African predator-prey dynamics 🦁 🦒 🇳🇦
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, TAMUK 2022 🐗
Cal Poly Humboldt 2018 🌲
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aidan-Branney
New ocelot paper investigating factors that drove home range size in endangered ocelot populations in Texas! Hope you can give it a read: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
New ocelot paper investigating factors that drove home range size in endangered ocelot populations in Texas! Hope you can give it a read: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Another successful round of giraffe captures for the GECP. We tagged 8 female giraffes and are currently monitoring them with solar powered tail tags.
September 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Another successful round of giraffe captures for the GECP. We tagged 8 female giraffes and are currently monitoring them with solar powered tail tags.
Such a beautiful lioness came by the waterhole today 🦁
August 28, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Such a beautiful lioness came by the waterhole today 🦁
After weeks of patience a lioness finally decided to come take a drink from the waterhole.
August 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
After weeks of patience a lioness finally decided to come take a drink from the waterhole.
Insane close encounter with bush elephants at the watering hole
July 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Insane close encounter with bush elephants at the watering hole
I was on GPS collaring and measuring duty and these measures are often great ways to monitor growth and individual health across time. The canines of lions and hyenas are truly impressive to behold in hand.
July 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I was on GPS collaring and measuring duty and these measures are often great ways to monitor growth and individual health across time. The canines of lions and hyenas are truly impressive to behold in hand.
Another successful round of captures for the Greater Etosha Carnivore Program. We were able to successfully GPS collar and collect data from seven lions (Panthera leo) and three spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta).
July 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Another successful round of captures for the Greater Etosha Carnivore Program. We were able to successfully GPS collar and collect data from seven lions (Panthera leo) and three spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta).
Such a phenomenal evening aiding in the recollaring effort for this lioness: XPL139 with the Lion Ranger Program in NorthWestern Namibia.
With a fresh collar on her, the Lion Rangers will be able to continue monitoring her movements and potential conflict with livestock owners in the Kunene. 🦁
With a fresh collar on her, the Lion Rangers will be able to continue monitoring her movements and potential conflict with livestock owners in the Kunene. 🦁
June 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Such a phenomenal evening aiding in the recollaring effort for this lioness: XPL139 with the Lion Ranger Program in NorthWestern Namibia.
With a fresh collar on her, the Lion Rangers will be able to continue monitoring her movements and potential conflict with livestock owners in the Kunene. 🦁
With a fresh collar on her, the Lion Rangers will be able to continue monitoring her movements and potential conflict with livestock owners in the Kunene. 🦁
Elephant encounter in the Kunene region. Such wondrous creatures
June 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Elephant encounter in the Kunene region. Such wondrous creatures
New note on a puma preying on California condors in Southern California. Hope you can give it a read: doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
June 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
New note on a puma preying on California condors in Southern California. Hope you can give it a read: doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
So many tracks out in the bush of the Kunene region in Namibia ! Lots of sign of lion (Panthera leo), spotted hyena (Crocutta crocutta), and African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus). Really cool to see how they move on the landscape.
June 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
So many tracks out in the bush of the Kunene region in Namibia ! Lots of sign of lion (Panthera leo), spotted hyena (Crocutta crocutta), and African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus). Really cool to see how they move on the landscape.
One final reptile before changing continents : a baby yellow bellied slider 🥺
June 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
One final reptile before changing continents : a baby yellow bellied slider 🥺
One final pina colada before changing continents to kick off my PhD in Namibia
May 31, 2025 at 1:41 AM
One final pina colada before changing continents to kick off my PhD in Namibia
Beautiful red tailed hawk I encountered while strolling through the botanical gardens. Very calm individual
May 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Beautiful red tailed hawk I encountered while strolling through the botanical gardens. Very calm individual
Some grey rat snake action today, while trying to get my 180th bird for Georgia.
May 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Some grey rat snake action today, while trying to get my 180th bird for Georgia.
Honored to stand amongst other phenomenal grad student speakers at the TWS GA Chapter Meeting. Great getting a feel of the awesome work getting done across the state!
March 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Honored to stand amongst other phenomenal grad student speakers at the TWS GA Chapter Meeting. Great getting a feel of the awesome work getting done across the state!
Super excited to be giving my first PhD conference talk tomorrow at TWS Georgia chapter on one of my preliminary analyses for my dissertation !
February 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Super excited to be giving my first PhD conference talk tomorrow at TWS Georgia chapter on one of my preliminary analyses for my dissertation !
Alright bit of a mystery, received this beautiful pair of curlew socks from the UK in the mail. However, my folks nor my grandmother sent it to me. So it has to be someone who knows I like birds and somehow has my address 😂 whoever you are thank you for your kind gift
February 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Alright bit of a mystery, received this beautiful pair of curlew socks from the UK in the mail. However, my folks nor my grandmother sent it to me. So it has to be someone who knows I like birds and somehow has my address 😂 whoever you are thank you for your kind gift
My first data paper withSnapShot USA. Over 5 years of camera trap data from 2019-2023 from 263 camera arrays !!!!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
My first data paper withSnapShot USA. Over 5 years of camera trap data from 2019-2023 from 263 camera arrays !!!!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Released a Bewick’s wren that flew into the house today! Still have the bird banding reflexes 😂
January 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Released a Bewick’s wren that flew into the house today! Still have the bird banding reflexes 😂
When you’re out walking your anxious 85 lb dog and a coyote (Canis latrans) decides to assert its dominance by staring into the pits of your soul as it defecates 💩 💩 💩 .
Coyotes often drop scat in conspicuous locations, not out of laziness but as a means of communicating with other coyotes.
Coyotes often drop scat in conspicuous locations, not out of laziness but as a means of communicating with other coyotes.
December 27, 2024 at 5:45 PM
When you’re out walking your anxious 85 lb dog and a coyote (Canis latrans) decides to assert its dominance by staring into the pits of your soul as it defecates 💩 💩 💩 .
Coyotes often drop scat in conspicuous locations, not out of laziness but as a means of communicating with other coyotes.
Coyotes often drop scat in conspicuous locations, not out of laziness but as a means of communicating with other coyotes.
Somebody missed me, glad to be back in the golden state 🐻 for the holidays!
December 14, 2024 at 2:48 AM
Somebody missed me, glad to be back in the golden state 🐻 for the holidays!
First chapter of my masters has been published in Landscape Ecology, hope you can give it a read ! Been a long time coming to get this out there
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
August 6, 2024 at 10:42 AM
First chapter of my masters has been published in Landscape Ecology, hope you can give it a read ! Been a long time coming to get this out there
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
First lead author citation achieved 🥹
June 13, 2024 at 6:44 PM
First lead author citation achieved 🥹
Excited to announce I’ll be starting my PhD in the fall at the University of Georgia-Athens studying the large carnivores of Namibia 🇳🇦! Also humbled to learn I’ve received the UGA Presidential Award Felloship, the highest honor a graduate student can earn at the school 🥹 exciting horizons !
February 29, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Excited to announce I’ll be starting my PhD in the fall at the University of Georgia-Athens studying the large carnivores of Namibia 🇳🇦! Also humbled to learn I’ve received the UGA Presidential Award Felloship, the highest honor a graduate student can earn at the school 🥹 exciting horizons !