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Jonathan Growcott

@jonathan-growcott.bsky.social
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Conservation Technologist 📸 🎙️🛰️ Postdoctoral researcher - WildCRU, University of Oxford Large Carnivores 🐆 🦁

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WildCRU, Oxford @wildcru.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Introducing WildCRU’s candid camera! Across global research sites, our team sets up camera traps to collect scientific data, but we also capture unexpected wildlife moments! Do you know this animal? Hint: photo taken in Africa 📸 @jonathan-growcott.bsky.social & Charlotte Searle @biology.ox.ac.uk
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Jonathan Growcott @jonathan-growcott.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
I had a great time chatting on BBC Radio Devon and Cornwall about how I became a large carnivore biologist!! You can listen to a small clip here or follow the link for the full interview 🧪🦁
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University of Exeter News @uniofexeternews.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
This weekend on "When I grow up" on BBC Radio Devon & Cornwall, @exeter.ac.uk researcher Jonathan Growcott will talk about his childhood dreams - & how his first encounter with a wild lion led him to his current work on conservation of big cats Listen at 9.10am on Saturday to hear Jonathan's story
Jonathan Growcott in a tree, fixing some monitoring equipment to track big cats
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Jonathan Growcott @jonathan-growcott.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Very excited to see my research featured in Nature Africa! 🐆📸🎙️ We used a combo of #cameratraps and #bioacoustics to demonstrate that leopards have individually identifiable roars! @wildcru.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @uniexecec.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d44...
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Leopard roars speak volumes
Technique to analyse animals’ unique vocalizations pinpoints individual leopards with 93% accuracy, which could help wildlife monitoring.
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Jonathan Growcott @jonathan-growcott.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Very grateful to have my research highlighted by BES! @wildcru.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social This paper is now out and can be accessed here 🥳 zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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The secret acoustic world of leopards: A paired camera trap and bioacoustics survey facilitates the individual identification of leopards via their roars
Here, we conducted the first large-scale joint camera trap and bioacoustics survey for large African carnivores in Nyerere National Park, Tanzania. By combining the different data types that each tec....
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