Wild Life Journeys

Dan Guinto
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Emma and Dan are two young career scientists with a passion for wildlife! Join us as we tell our stories and hear the stories of other wildlife researchers, educators, and enthusiasts!

  1. Episode 25 Sony Alpha Partner for Latin America, Wildlife Photographer, Biologist, and Herpetologist Sebastian di Domenico

    06/14/2024

    Episode 25 Sony Alpha Partner for Latin America, Wildlife Photographer, Biologist, and Herpetologist Sebastian di Domenico

    Join us as Sebastian tells us how he went from a child playing with with anoles to a professional wildlife photographer and biologist photographing Universidad de los Andean bears! Sebastian started off studying biology at Universidad de los Andes hoping to become a medical researcher before he found his passion for wildlife. Sebastian went on to work for Tropical Herping in Ecuador where he mastered his photography skills along with some help from youtube! Sebastian has also taken some award winning wildlife photographs, like his picture of a Toucan eating a bat!

    46 min
  2. Episode 24 Phd Candidate Fabian Salgado: The Evolution of spider color polymorphism, and Field work in The Andes and Amazon!

    05/17/2024

    Episode 24 Phd Candidate Fabian Salgado: The Evolution of spider color polymorphism, and Field work in The Andes and Amazon!

    Join us as Fabian shares his journey through the field of evolutionary biology! Fabian first became interested in science through physics before finding a love for biology. Fabian perused a Biology Degree at Universidad del Tolima in Colombia where he first found a passion for research through spiders! He then went on to pursue a Masters degree in Biology at Universidad de los Andes where he further advanced his understanding of the evolution of color in invertebrates. Currently Fabian is finishing up a Doctoral degree in Biology at the University of Melbourne. Fabian shares with us the trials and tribulations of doing field work in remote areas while being reliant on public transport, plus the benefits of studying arachnids! Want to know more!? Check out the link below! https://fcsalgado.github.io/

    41 min
  3. Episode 23 Research Technician and Phd. Student Nick Friedeman: Wildlife Disease, Ophidiomycosis, and The Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study!

    04/26/2024

    Episode 23 Research Technician and Phd. Student Nick Friedeman: Wildlife Disease, Ophidiomycosis, and The Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study!

    Nick Friedeman is a Phd. Student at the University of Georgia studying wildlife disease in muskrats in the south eastern United States. Nick started off with a early interest in wildlife growing up in Kansas, before venturing into the world of disease through high school biology. Nick attended the university of Nebraska to pursue duel degrees in Conservation Biology and Micro Biology. Nick got his start in research with foxes in Nebraska before moving to Fort Wayne Indiana to pursue a Masters of Biology degree studying the environmental aspects of snake fungal disease (Ophidiomycosis) in eastern massasauga  rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus) habitat. Join us to hear Nicks whole story!

    1h 16m
  4. Episode 22 Hunter Smith: Turtles, Snakes, Hellbenders and Detection Dogs!

    02/16/2024

    Episode 22 Hunter Smith: Turtles, Snakes, Hellbenders and Detection Dogs!

    Hunter Smith is a Masters student at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Join us as Hunter tells us how he first became interested wildlife and ecology through the Envirothon program in high school. Hunter shares how studying political science, policy and environmental law in undergrad led to a deeper interest in wildlife and environmental science. We discuss Hunter's early days working as a herpetology technician and how that eventually led to a masters position studying detection dogs for finding turtles!

    59 min
  5. Episode 21 Phd. Student Graham Montague: Fisheries Managment, Low Frequency Electrofishing, and Acoustic Telemetry

    02/02/2024

    Episode 21 Phd. Student Graham Montague: Fisheries Managment, Low Frequency Electrofishing, and Acoustic Telemetry

    Graham Montague is a Phd. Student at the University of Vermont studying Atlantic Salmon in Lake Champlain! Graham shares his journey with us from his early days in Ohio growing up along the Cuyahoga Valley National Park looking for snakes to perusing biology at Baldwin Wallace University. Graham went on to get a masters degree from Oklahoma State University. Graham has worked a plethora of fisheries and field technician positions all over the U.S. gaining a wealth of experience. He teaches us all about the technical side of electrofishing, fish tracking, and fisheries management! Check out Graham on YouTube: @grahammontague   Checkout the links below to learn more about the research from this episode! Flathead Catfish sampling: https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/nafm.10819 Blue Catfish surfacing thresholds: https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/nafm.10882 Bowfishing: https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/nafm.10904?casa_token=aveXE-ghE1YAAAAA%3A9W920hRVunM80dJgSv3soYKlzsiXRPNyMOFvM69tINdWp-H6yvQkTRvLDWLqqAFQMyOvQU-lWp9RW-tk

    1h 23m
  6. Episode 20 Kim Davis: From Radio to becoming A Park Ranger!

    01/20/2024

    Episode 20 Kim Davis: From Radio to becoming A Park Ranger!

    Join us for our 20th Episode! We talk with Park Ranger Kim Davis about how she went from working in radio to saving wildlife and managing habitat! Kim shares her experience perusing a career in radio right out of high school before later going back to school to study animal science and conservation at La Trobe University! Hear all about the may roles and duties Kim carries out as a Park Ranger at the Darebin Creek Management Committee!

    41 min
  7. Episode 19 Austin Mueller eDNA, Wildlife and Pioneering a Career!

    12/21/2023

    Episode 19 Austin Mueller eDNA, Wildlife and Pioneering a Career!

    Austin Muller is an associate ecologist with the Georgia Department of Transportation! Join us to hear all about how Austin first discovered wildlife through Zoo Books setting him on a career in conservation. We hear about his time working on camera trapping during Undergrad at North Carolina State before perusing a masters degree at the University of Central Missouri. We discuss the use of eDNA (Environmental DNA) to inform species management and recovery and so much more!

    29 min
  8. Episode 18 David De Angelis: Natural History, Lizards and Frogs!

    11/25/2023

    Episode 18 David De Angelis: Natural History, Lizards and Frogs!

    David De Angelis is a naturalist, educator and biological consultant! David tells us his story, from fueling his own wildlife obsession with books and back yard camp outs looking for possums to finding his way as a biological consultant. David took his passion and excitement for biodiversity and conservation and turned it into a career! Unlike others David found his first land management position in high school, before pursuing a biology degree at La Trobe University.

    1h 16m
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Emma and Dan are two young career scientists with a passion for wildlife! Join us as we tell our stories and hear the stories of other wildlife researchers, educators, and enthusiasts!

Information

  • Creator
    Dan Guinto
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    25
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Dan Guinto
  • Show Website
    Wild Life Journeys