Lisanne Petracca
@lisannepetracca.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Carnivore Ecology CKWRI | 🎯 ocelot & mtn lion ecology | ☀️ heliophile | I dig carnivores 🐆🐾 & my rescue bulldog | she/her
We’ve got another one, folks! @thespeclab.bsky.social has another outstanding student who successfully defended her Masters degree. Alexandria was co-advised by disease ecologist Dr. Alynn Martin. Congratulations, Alexandria!! 🦠 🐆
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We’ve got another one, folks! @thespeclab.bsky.social has another outstanding student who successfully defended her Masters degree. Alexandria was co-advised by disease ecologist Dr. Alynn Martin. Congratulations, Alexandria!! 🦠 🐆
Congrats to Tori Locke of @thespeclab.bsky.social, who successfully defended her M.S. today! 🐆
November 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Congrats to Tori Locke of @thespeclab.bsky.social, who successfully defended her M.S. today! 🐆
Oh what a night! Our team @thespeclab.bsky.social successfully collared another bobcat kitten as part of Tori Locke’s ongoing research into bobcat and ocelot reproduction 🐆
August 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Oh what a night! Our team @thespeclab.bsky.social successfully collared another bobcat kitten as part of Tori Locke’s ongoing research into bobcat and ocelot reproduction 🐆
Oh my, @thespeclab.bsky.social just had its first graduate student fly the coop. 🥺 Congrats Tyler!
August 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Oh my, @thespeclab.bsky.social just had its first graduate student fly the coop. 🥺 Congrats Tyler!
Tyler Bostwick is the first graduate student from @thespeclab.bsky.social to defend her thesis!!! 🧬🐆 She did AWESOME!!! Yay!!! 🎉🍾🎊👯
July 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Tyler Bostwick is the first graduate student from @thespeclab.bsky.social to defend her thesis!!! 🧬🐆 She did AWESOME!!! Yay!!! 🎉🍾🎊👯
We at @thespeclab.bsky.social successfully made it to #ICCB2025 in Brisbane, Australia 🇦🇺 & taught our Geospatial Analysis in R Workshop. Next up: four oral presentations and three posters! 🤓
June 16, 2025 at 1:04 AM
We at @thespeclab.bsky.social successfully made it to #ICCB2025 in Brisbane, Australia 🇦🇺 & taught our Geospatial Analysis in R Workshop. Next up: four oral presentations and three posters! 🤓
Congratulations to @thespeclab.bsky.social's Tori Locke, MS student, who successfully collared her first bobcat kitten as part of her research into reproduction of bobcats and ocelots. This work will help inform population modeling for both felid species in South Texas. 🐆🤠
June 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Congratulations to @thespeclab.bsky.social's Tori Locke, MS student, who successfully collared her first bobcat kitten as part of her research into reproduction of bobcats and ocelots. This work will help inform population modeling for both felid species in South Texas. 🐆🤠
Not a bad way to start the day
May 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Not a bad way to start the day
🐆🐆 Aaaaand we have another M.S. position available!! This position represents an opportunity to study ocelot genomics in the context of an active reintroduction effort. Deadline is June 1 for an August start 🐆🐆
Position posting is here: shorturl.at/o4dTA
Position posting is here: shorturl.at/o4dTA
May 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🐆🐆 Aaaaand we have another M.S. position available!! This position represents an opportunity to study ocelot genomics in the context of an active reintroduction effort. Deadline is June 1 for an August start 🐆🐆
Position posting is here: shorturl.at/o4dTA
Position posting is here: shorturl.at/o4dTA
🐆🐆 TWO M.S. POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN MY LAB!! Focus will be bobcat and coyote dynamics in an ocelot pre-reintroduction landscape. Come join the fun. Deadline is June 1 for an August start 🐆🐆
Position posting is here: tinyurl.com/5y3uhbf3
Position posting is here: tinyurl.com/5y3uhbf3
April 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🐆🐆 TWO M.S. POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN MY LAB!! Focus will be bobcat and coyote dynamics in an ocelot pre-reintroduction landscape. Come join the fun. Deadline is June 1 for an August start 🐆🐆
Position posting is here: tinyurl.com/5y3uhbf3
Position posting is here: tinyurl.com/5y3uhbf3
@thespeclab.bsky.social is out in full force at #TCTWS 🐆 🐾
February 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
@thespeclab.bsky.social is out in full force at #TCTWS 🐆 🐾
Had an awesome night last night at Catawba College’s Center for the Environment! 🐆 🗺️ 🐾 @catawbacollege.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Had an awesome night last night at Catawba College’s Center for the Environment! 🐆 🗺️ 🐾 @catawbacollege.bsky.social
See ya tonight Catawba! @catawbacollege.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
See ya tonight Catawba! @catawbacollege.bsky.social
I could not be more stoked about our capture of P04 yesterday, an 80-lb, ~3yo female mountain lion captured and GPS-collared as part of the CKWRI South Texas Lion Project. We are investigating lion movement ecology, density, and genetics in the TX-Mexico borderlands.
January 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I could not be more stoked about our capture of P04 yesterday, an 80-lb, ~3yo female mountain lion captured and GPS-collared as part of the CKWRI South Texas Lion Project. We are investigating lion movement ecology, density, and genetics in the TX-Mexico borderlands.
So proud of the SPEC Lab team, led by @biologisttori.bsky.social, working up its fourth bobcat of the season. Tori is studying bobcat kitten survival and den site selection for her MS, as well as rodenticide exposure in mesocarnivores.
December 30, 2024 at 8:32 PM
So proud of the SPEC Lab team, led by @biologisttori.bsky.social, working up its fourth bobcat of the season. Tori is studying bobcat kitten survival and den site selection for her MS, as well as rodenticide exposure in mesocarnivores.
Back in my office and there are five mysterious hand turkeys on my desk. One has a bowtie. 🦃 🤵🏻
December 3, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Back in my office and there are five mysterious hand turkeys on my desk. One has a bowtie. 🦃 🤵🏻
🚩🚩 Position 2/2: Program Manager for the SPEC Lab Ocelot Research Program. See shorturl.at/LMN57 to apply. Deadline is November 12. Five years of experience in related tasks is **required** for this pay scale as per A&M rules, so pls have this reflected in your CV 🚩🚩
October 11, 2023 at 3:19 PM
🚩🚩 Position 2/2: Program Manager for the SPEC Lab Ocelot Research Program. See shorturl.at/LMN57 to apply. Deadline is November 12. Five years of experience in related tasks is **required** for this pay scale as per A&M rules, so pls have this reflected in your CV 🚩🚩
🚩🚩 Position 1/2: Postdoctoral Scholar in Ocelot Population Dynamics. See shorturl.at/MORY2 to apply. Deadline is November 12. Please help me spread the word! 🚩🚩
October 11, 2023 at 3:18 PM
🚩🚩 Position 1/2: Postdoctoral Scholar in Ocelot Population Dynamics. See shorturl.at/MORY2 to apply. Deadline is November 12. Please help me spread the word! 🚩🚩
Welp guess I had it all figured out
September 16, 2023 at 5:22 PM
Welp guess I had it all figured out
86 degree temps didn’t stop members of the SPEC and Tewes Labs from representing CKWRI at the Run/Walk for Suicide Awareness
September 9, 2023 at 2:51 PM
86 degree temps didn’t stop members of the SPEC and Tewes Labs from representing CKWRI at the Run/Walk for Suicide Awareness
I have a variety of friends I talk to all the time
September 4, 2023 at 10:37 PM
I have a variety of friends I talk to all the time
Top moment of packing up my childhood bedroom was finding my Lisa Frank folders from the early 90s
September 3, 2023 at 7:28 PM
Top moment of packing up my childhood bedroom was finding my Lisa Frank folders from the early 90s
Hi all! I will soon be recruiting for TWO positions to start January 2024: a postdoc with our ocelot research program AND an ocelot program manager. Stay tuned, as I'll announce here when the postings go live.
📷: Ben Masters
📷: Ben Masters
August 28, 2023 at 7:09 PM
Hi all! I will soon be recruiting for TWO positions to start January 2024: a postdoc with our ocelot research program AND an ocelot program manager. Stay tuned, as I'll announce here when the postings go live.
📷: Ben Masters
📷: Ben Masters
It has been a totally bonkers couple of weeks. $13.9 million for ocelots and mountain lions, with critical collabs with the East Foundation & Borderlands Research Institute. Let's goooooo
August 14, 2023 at 9:50 PM
It has been a totally bonkers couple of weeks. $13.9 million for ocelots and mountain lions, with critical collabs with the East Foundation & Borderlands Research Institute. Let's goooooo