Anna Thonis, PhD 🦎
@annainthefield.bsky.social
Ecologist and herpetologist | Postdoc at NYU
Co-Chair, IUCN Anole Specialist Group
#lizards #GIS #GlobalChange #SDMs #conservation #HERper #DIYnails
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annathonis.com
Co-Chair, IUCN Anole Specialist Group
#lizards #GIS #GlobalChange #SDMs #conservation #HERper #DIYnails
she/her
annathonis.com
Does anyone have recommendations for cellular GPS tags (GPS + GSM) for box turtles? I want to be able to have the data sent to me remotely via a cellular network. Needs to weigh 20-30g or less. These would be attached to box turtle shells with epoxy.
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Does anyone have recommendations for cellular GPS tags (GPS + GSM) for box turtles? I want to be able to have the data sent to me remotely via a cellular network. Needs to weigh 20-30g or less. These would be attached to box turtle shells with epoxy.
The only native anole species in the US, Anolis carolinensis! I haven't actually caught carolinensis since I was a kid visiting the Florida Everglades with my parents, so it's been a minute!
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November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The only native anole species in the US, Anolis carolinensis! I haven't actually caught carolinensis since I was a kid visiting the Florida Everglades with my parents, so it's been a minute!
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An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Got to assist with my labmate's urban pigeon gut microbiome research yesterday in the Bronx!
October 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Got to assist with my labmate's urban pigeon gut microbiome research yesterday in the Bronx!
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If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
Wow. Just wow.
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?
Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do
www.forbes.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
Yellow-chinned anole (Anolis gundlachi) from Bosque de Carite 🤎
October 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Yellow-chinned anole (Anolis gundlachi) from Bosque de Carite 🤎
On my way to the Puerto Rico Herpetological Symposium! Excited to present some of my work on anoles and urbanization for the first time!! And also to see the talks being given by a bunch of my former students💗🦎☺️
October 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
On my way to the Puerto Rico Herpetological Symposium! Excited to present some of my work on anoles and urbanization for the first time!! And also to see the talks being given by a bunch of my former students💗🦎☺️
My most perfect boy
October 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My most perfect boy
Had the cool opportunity to talk about lizards and turtles in Central Park for Soapbox Science today!
October 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Had the cool opportunity to talk about lizards and turtles in Central Park for Soapbox Science today!
Yesterday during wall lizard fieldwork, some very kind NYS Parks employees taught us how to tag monarch butterflies 😊🦋
October 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Yesterday during wall lizard fieldwork, some very kind NYS Parks employees taught us how to tag monarch butterflies 😊🦋
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A large male wall lizard from today's sampling on the north fork of Long Island! Stopped for hot apple cider and cider donuts post fieldwork🦎😊
September 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A large male wall lizard from today's sampling on the north fork of Long Island! Stopped for hot apple cider and cider donuts post fieldwork🦎😊
Back to catching Italian wall lizards (Podarcis siculus) in NY!
September 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Back to catching Italian wall lizards (Podarcis siculus) in NY!
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I'm recruiting a PhD student to join the lab at @gtsciences.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Broad taxonomic and topical freedom under the umbrella of vertebrate joint form and function. Information here: www.manafzadeh.com – please share 🦴🩻
✨Some news✨: after finishing my postdoc, I’ll be starting my lab as an Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech. Join us in Atlanta to study how joints work and where they come from!
September 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I'm recruiting a PhD student to join the lab at @gtsciences.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Broad taxonomic and topical freedom under the umbrella of vertebrate joint form and function. Information here: www.manafzadeh.com – please share 🦴🩻
The NYU lizard colony (@kmwinchell.bsky.social) is now one step closer to being up and running! Today we finished these 56 lizard "condos" which can individually house 224 lizards! This has been a massive effort, and we are so excited to have reached this milestone🦎 We are so close to anoles at NYU!
August 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The NYU lizard colony (@kmwinchell.bsky.social) is now one step closer to being up and running! Today we finished these 56 lizard "condos" which can individually house 224 lizards! This has been a massive effort, and we are so excited to have reached this milestone🦎 We are so close to anoles at NYU!
Eek so cute!!
Garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) near Ithaca, NY 🐍
Garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) near Ithaca, NY 🐍
August 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Eek so cute!!
Garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) near Ithaca, NY 🐍
Garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) near Ithaca, NY 🐍
One week ago, we wrapped up another successful field season in Puerto Rico! We completed the 8th season of my mark-recapture surveys for three species of Puerto Rican anole. We also added another 10 sites to our PR anole niche space project, bringing our total to 30 sites.
Yay data! Yay anoles! 🦎🦎
Yay data! Yay anoles! 🦎🦎
July 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
One week ago, we wrapped up another successful field season in Puerto Rico! We completed the 8th season of my mark-recapture surveys for three species of Puerto Rican anole. We also added another 10 sites to our PR anole niche space project, bringing our total to 30 sites.
Yay data! Yay anoles! 🦎🦎
Yay data! Yay anoles! 🦎🦎
Although totally not important for what I actually work on, I am now very good at snagging baby iguanas out of bushes.
July 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Although totally not important for what I actually work on, I am now very good at snagging baby iguanas out of bushes.
Managed to lasso this stunning Puerto Rican blue-tailed ameiva (Pholidoscelis wetmorei) yesterday! 🦎💙
July 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Managed to lasso this stunning Puerto Rican blue-tailed ameiva (Pholidoscelis wetmorei) yesterday! 🦎💙
When you return from a day of urban field work to find a young crested anole just about ready to take a snooze on your door handle 🦎
July 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
When you return from a day of urban field work to find a young crested anole just about ready to take a snooze on your door handle 🦎
Another Puerto Rican giant anole 💚
July 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Another Puerto Rican giant anole 💚
Today's cows 🐄🤍🇵🇷
July 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Today's cows 🐄🤍🇵🇷
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super proud of lab alum Shira Linsk—featured in this story about NYU undergrads conducting "research that launched their careers". Shira completed TWO publication-worthy projects as an undergrad on #urbanecology & is headed to U Chicago for a PhD in ecology & evolution!
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7 New Grads on the Research Projects That Launched Their Careers
For these Class of 2025 alumni, working with a dedicated mentor and teammates made all the difference
www.nyu.edu
June 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
super proud of lab alum Shira Linsk—featured in this story about NYU undergrads conducting "research that launched their careers". Shira completed TWO publication-worthy projects as an undergrad on #urbanecology & is headed to U Chicago for a PhD in ecology & evolution!
www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...
www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...
Ugh he's just spectacular 🦎
June 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Ugh he's just spectacular 🦎