{"id":413,"date":"2026-02-16T20:59:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/eriel-johnson\/?page_id=413"},"modified":"2026-02-23T21:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:50:07","slug":"emplace","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/eriel-johnson\/emplace\/","title":{"rendered":"emplace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">For my first semester animal research project, I looked at a bunch of species found in southern Illinois, learning about their habitats, diets, whether they\u2019re native or invasive, and the pros and cons of each. Some of the animals I studied include salamanders, dragonflies, opossums, white-tailed deer, wild turkeys, black bears, ground squirrels, raccoons, groundhogs, coyotes, cardinals, hummingbirds, tree frogs, blue jays, red-tailed hawks, and striped skunks. After comparing my research with my team, I decided to focus on three threatened amphibians: the Eastern Narrow-Mouth Toad, the Bird-Voiced Treefrog, and the Illinois Chorus Frog. Now that I\u2019m sharing this with the JJK, the plan can move forward and succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/eriel-johnson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/02\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-417\" style=\"width:337px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/eriel-johnson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/02\/image.png 632w, https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/eriel-johnson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/02\/image-300x263.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"281\" height=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/eriel-johnson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/02\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-418\" style=\"width:238px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"258\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/eriel-johnson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/02\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-419\" style=\"width:234px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For my first semester animal research project, I looked at a bunch of species found in southern Illinois, learning about their habitats, diets, whether they\u2019re native or invasive, and the pros and cons of each. Some of the animals I studied include salamanders, dragonflies, opossums, white-tailed deer, wild turkeys, black bears, ground squirrels, raccoons, groundhogs, coyotes, cardinals, hummingbirds, tree frogs, blue jays, red-tailed hawks, and striped skunks. After comparing my research with my team, I decided to focus on three threatened amphibians: the Eastern Narrow-Mouth Toad, the Bird-Voiced Treefrog, and the Illinois Chorus Frog. Now that I\u2019m sharing this with the JJK, the plan can move forward and succeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":203,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-413","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/eriel-johnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/eriel-johnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/eriel-johnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/eriel-johnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/eriel-johnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/eriel-johnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":423,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/eriel-johnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/413\/revisions\/423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/eriel-johnson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}