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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

My summer "offices" be like... (Oh to be a pond frog 🐸) #fieldwork #phd #summer #oddjobs

Image of the Fox Pond at the Clifton Institute in Virginia, USA

Roanoke River near North Bend Campgrounds in Virginia, USA

Private pond at campgrounds in South Carolina, USA.

Pond within the Alapaha Wildlife Management Area in Georgia, USA

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

As we begin the 2026 field season, I am reminded just how lush & beautiful the southeastern U.S. is. Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, & Florida sites nearly done. Now on to the East Coast. (All frogs were handled & released in accordance to permits) #fieldbiology #phd #research #frogs #roadtrip #UNM

Sunset over Santa Rosa county, Florida farmland.

Double rainbow over my lovely field assistant and friend.

Working with local Forest service folks to survey the health and genetic diversity of their pond frogs. Ryan is holding a southern leopard frog he just caught (his very first frog catch as an adult!) while Hannah proudly smiles at him.

Rana clamitans (Bronze/Green frog) in sandy beaches of Blackwater River State Forest.

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Elev replacement is common, but to what extent parasites mirror this pattern is less understood. To fill this gap, we studied avian parasite diversity in hyper-susceptible host species that have distinct elev ranges. doi.org/10.1101/2025... So grateful - this ms represents my intro into academia.🥲

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

花と鳥と青い空。 Some days it's the little things. #nature #urban #birds

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

My #EcoEvo, #Ecology, #Biogeo & #FieldBioligy inclined folks: Do you have your #pics of your favorite #fieldsite? Below is the "Beaver Pond" in Gothic, CO - nestled on #RockyMountain #BiologicalLaboratories ( #RMBL ) land. Living in that valley was so special to me... I'd love to go back one day.

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Thank you so much! ❤️ I'll make sure to take time to celebrate this weekend! 🫡 Also, I LOVE that question. It's my fav part of studying parasites/pathogens - I get to jump host taxa all the time. Birds, plants, insects, frogs! I love them all. BUT... If I had to choose a herp...This lil guy.

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

In all the gloom, a ray of happiness. My 1st, first-authored paper was published today in @peerj.bsky.social. 🎉 Started during my post-bacc (2022), this project involved >1,000 #frogs from #NaturalHistoryCollections, 3 #pathogens, & spanned 32 states! 🐸🦠 #womeninSTEM doi.org/10.7717/peer...

Me (Dani Wiley) presenting my poster on this project at World Congress of Herpetology, 2024.

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

The rare, but nutritious Fuzzy Baked Beans to brighten up your #Monday. These are the beans of a killer, Bella! #cats #catsky #petsky

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Here's your #happyhumanity post for the month: It's finally been cold enough for the fountain near the Bio dept. building @ #UNM to freeze... It only took a few days before it was given handcrafted felt eyes, a name, & it's own social media account. My money is on the theater kids. 😅 #academicsky

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Finding #salamanders (& #snakes) feels like looking for buried treasure. The Sacramento Mountain Salamander (Aneides hardii) is no exception! A #NM endemic & in the Plethodontidae family, meaning they're lungless at their adult stage! Instead, special tissues & env moisture help them breathe!(2024)

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Where does your mind escape to when stressed? #vacation spots? #fieldsites ? For me, it would be my time in #Japan. Trying to remind myself that this is the summer to save $ & stay in the states, but I do miss it...

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

#Sarawak, in #Borneo is a gem of a city. From incredible pieces of architecture that appear seemingly out of nowhere, to sanctuaries & protected areas that hold some of nature's most iconic species! So grateful to have gotten to spend time there (Aug 2024) & hope to go back. #orangutans #malaysia

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Some of my favorite plastrons from summer 2024, NM. Three introduced Trachemys scripta & one native Chrysemys picta. Each #turtle showed distinct temperament, energy levels, & wear on their shell, but at the end of the day, all returned to their ponds with a free meal having helped #science. #herps

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

When the weather drops to the single digits like today, my mind escapes back to summer & fall trips out in the field. Nothing can cheer me up quite like sunflowers and fleabane... Dreaming of warmer days already. (Gila Cliff Dwellings, NM in early fall, 2024) #flowers #gila #nationalparks #camping

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

May my adorable cat, Sumi, give us all a little reminder to take a big belly-breath and a nap, if needed... We will get through this together. #cat #itsok #live #2025inauguration

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Throwback to the beautiful wilds of western New Mexico - the Gila National Forest is absolutely breathtaking anytime of the year, but I especially recommend a visit in the early fall. Maybe you'll get lucky and spot three mountain lion cubs like we did! ✨ #gila #nationalforests #wildlife #newmexico

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I've posted one-too-many bird related posts... Have to share some support to my lovely #amphibians & #reptiles ( #herps ), so I'm posting some of my favorite pics from my time in Sarawak, Borneo (Aug 2024). Such amazing diversity & richness of herpetofauna. 🐸🦎💜 #borneo #malaysia #travel #wildlife

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Spotted Towhee is judging you... #bird #rotund #borb #wildlife (Near the Rio Grande, in Albuquerque, mid December of 2024)

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Snow geese in a panorama @ Bosque del Apache WR, NM (Jan 2025). Sandhill cranes not too far off in the hundreds, but didn't get any good pics. We even saw a coyote mother and her two juvenile pups spook & kill three geese in the fray that were too stunned to fly 🤯 #birds #bosquedelapache #wildlife

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

My most successful birding year thus far - made possible by a summer traveling with MJM & @barrowevobio.bsky.social 😅 #ebird #ebirdwrapped #2024checklists #birding Hopefully I'll fully fledge this coming year. 🤞

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

It's official... Sad to see so many people lose their livelihood and community here in the land of the "free", all so a few billionaires and politicians can keep the masses under their thumb and scared of the boogieman.

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Daniele (Dani) Wiley @dlfwiley.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Took a trip to White Sands National Park w/ family to start off the new year. If you've never been, it's a must-see here in New Mexico! The wind was a killer, but left beautiful patterns on the sand... #travel #roadtrip #NewMexico #NationalParks #USA

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