Jan A Venter 🇿🇦

We’re Hiring | GOLDMAP Open positions (2026): • Postdoctoral Fellow • Research Technician (Molecular / eDNA) • Research Technician (Field) 👉 Full adverts & details: wildecolabdotcom.wordpress.com/project-opport…

Opportunities | Wildlife Ecology Lab share.google/OkWEi8eDGrVgnM…

Post doc opportunity in my lab: wildecolabdotcom.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.…

What happens if you allow elephant populations to grow unchecked in fenced reserves doi.org/10.1111/btp.70…

Visit George Campus tommorow and Saturday to chat with our staff and students about your conservation career @WildEcoLabNMU @MandelaUni @MandelaUniGC

New paper from @WildEcoLabNMU global study using our SnapshotSafari data. eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

@WildEcoLabNMU is offering they very popular camera trap Field school again during July this year. Only few spots available. wildecolabdotcom.wordpress.com/courses/

@WildEcoLabNMU will be offering our very popular African Field school of camera trap studies again in July 2025. Only a few spots available so apply asap. wildecolabdotcom.wordpress.com/courses/

Want to learn more how contemporary ecology is used in the Palaeosciences and visa-versa please follow @africanpalaeo

@WildEcoLabNMU Want to work on cool projects in Pilanesberg National Park? A MSc and PhD position available. wildecolabdotcom.wordpress.com/project-opport…

Two postgrad positions up for grabs in @WildEcoLabNMU wildecolabdotcom.wordpress.com/project-opport…

Does lion pride behaviour change between fenced & open systems? Researchers monitoring lions in Kruger, Pilanesberg & more aim to find out ⬇️Read more here⬇️ africageographic.com/stories/are-fe…

Update Kruger NP lion count: After a slow start earlier this week we hit the motherload today with 8 different sightings. One a nice pride with 15 individuals. @WildEcoLabNMU @LionRecovery

Our @WildEcoLabNMU field teams finally on route to Kruger National Park for the lion 🦁 count. They will spend the next 90 days following SECR count protocols counting 🦁 between the 🐘 river and 🐊 river. @LionRecovery

Tomorrow, SA goes to the ballot box. My latest in @Nature about what this means for research.

I spent some time with some of our @WildEcoLabNMU students in @TswaluFdn Tswalu Kalahari Reserve this past week. Elizabeth (PhD) and Marna (MSc) are working on large carnivores in this interesting ecosystem.

How many lions in Kruger National Park? Our quest to determine this kicked off yesterday with our @WildEcoLabNMU field teams receiving training from @ArjunGswamy and Nick Elliot on field protocols when using SECR techniques. This project is supported by @LionRecovery