John Vanek, PhD, AWB®
wild-ecology.bsky.social
John Vanek, PhD, AWB®
@wild-ecology.bsky.social
Professional wildlife biologist and research scientist. Proud dad. Hopefully goes without saying, but tweets/likes != endorsement or represent employer. 🐍
New backyard species! Long-tailed Weasel. I set this camera specifically to see if I could get a weasel (meat and fish sauce lure), and it paid off!
March 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Toad
February 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
How many newts can you find in this dried vernal pool? #amphibians
January 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
January 31, 2025 at 12:56 AM
We're hiring a Research Scientist (Zoologist) at the New York Natural Heritage Program! Get paid to do science and lots of field work across the state:

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January 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We're experimenting with new survey methods. While we didn't detect our target (Southern Bog Lemming), we did get this lovely Eastern Massasauga, an endangered species in New York. Nice to confirm reproduction is occurring! #snakes
January 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Good hashtag!

A timber rattlesnake from a hilly central hardwood forest in southern Indiana. #snakes
January 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Just picked up this beauty (and work paid for it!). Can't wait to dig in. If you liked the little winbugs book of 2010, this is basically the updated and expanded version. Also, while I don't know Marc, I worked with Ken and he's great. Cheers!
January 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Lol @ tuataras
January 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Well this looks awesome!

Kéry et al. 2024: Integrated distance sampling models for simple point counts. Ecology. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
January 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Wild turkey tracks from the Catskill Mountains of New York.
January 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Scientist problems... I could only find a metric ruler when I needed a standard for a specific home DIY project...
November 24, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Heterodon, the North American Hog-nosed Snakes.
November 14, 2024 at 7:36 PM