Tara McKenzie

Animal Scientist | PhD Candidate @UniofAdelaide | Wildlife Research | #OneHealth | Working on Kaurna Country | she/her

[Tara McKenzie @TaraDoesScience]

My poster is up at #ESAus2024! Excited to share what I found out about Adelaide's possums
@adelparklands
@CityofAdelaide
@UofA_SET

[Tara McKenzie @TaraDoesScience]

My poster is up at #ESAus2024! Excited to share what I found out about Adelaide's possums
@adelparklands
@CityofAdelaide
@UofA_SET

[Australian Wildlife Conservancy @awconservancy]

A little bit of possum magic in outback Queensland 💫 The team at Bowra Wildlife Sanctuary on Kunja Country have captured a Brushtail Possum on a camera trap – the first sighting of the species on sanctuary in over a decade!
Find out more 👉 https://t.co/rGsVZvMghe

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

Traditional methods based on trap, adopt or euthanise have failed to control cat numbers. An eight-year trial of a more supportive community cat desexing program has been a resounding success https://t.co/2yYy5aIsGQ

[Tara McKenzie @TaraDoesScience]

Check out the most recent update of my work with @adelparklands possums!

[Adelaide Park Lands Assn @adelparklands]

Hundreds of possums are scattered about your #adelaideparklands , but they’re spread out very unevenly.
Despite low densities in many Parks, there is one place where a large possum population is under pressure.
https://t.co/6Bo6X11Xia

[Adelaide Park Lands Assn @adelparklands]

Hundreds of possums are scattered about your #adelaideparklands , but they’re spread out very unevenly.
Despite low densities in many Parks, there is one place where a large possum population is under pressure.
https://t.co/6Bo6X11Xia

[Tara McKenzie @TaraDoesScience]

Spent the weekend tracking down my collared brushies @calperum - great to see these guys thriving after a hot summer, with this female successfully rearing her little boy! #possum #conservation #RiverlandSA

@environmentinst @UofA_SET

[Adelaide Park Lands Assn @adelparklands]

Who likes fresh olives? It turns out that some of your #adelaideparklands possums really love them, and others don’t.
Here’s the latest report from Park Lands possum researcher, @TaraDoesScience
https://t.co/KgyCq6sGvw

[Tara McKenzie @TaraDoesScience]

Check out my chat with @BiolSocSA on why brushtail #possums are frequent visitors to our backyards and what my research is uncovering about these humble creatures 🌳

[BiologySociety_SA @BiolSocSA]

Are the possum parties in your roof influenced by the moon? 🌙🌳

In our latest podcast episode, we sat down with PhD student @TaraDoesScience and talked all things brushtail possum!

Available now on Spotify:
https://t.co/e106doflvr

#conservation #adelaide #possums

[Adelaide Park Lands Assn @adelparklands]

A joey possum, still in its mother's pouch, has been found to be in good health, despite its mother's serious illnesses.
Researcher @TaraDoesScience has found dozens of possums in your @adelparklands but is concerned that some of them are in poor health.
https://t.co/ajkx7emZSy

[Tara McKenzie @TaraDoesScience]

The newest update of my research on the possums of the Adelaide Parklands is up on the @adelparklands blog 🌳

Read it here ➡️ https://t.co/uWJFiyuyZ8

#urbanwildlife #conservation #adelaide #science @UofA_SET

[Tara McKenzie @TaraDoesScience]

Another great edition of "Keeping up with the possums" by @adelparklands

https://t.co/LaVXwuphQ0

#possum #parklands #Adelaide

[Tara McKenzie @TaraDoesScience]

Had the pleasure of speaking with @radioadelaide for #thegreenroom

Tune in tonight from 6pm to hear why the humble possum is more important than you might think 🤔

Listen here:
https://t.co/PpfVoAGMtU

[Tara McKenzie @TaraDoesScience]

Possum baby boom in the Adelaide Parklands!!

@adelparklands

[Tara McKenzie @TaraDoesScience]

Our Adelaide Parklands possums are a little different to their Riverland counterparts 🤔

A great blog post put together by the @adelparklands on the recent findings of my PhD

Read it here:
https://t.co/JT2d2AuQ4X

[Tara McKenzie @TaraDoesScience]

So wonderful to meet the incredible Lek, founder of the @Saveelephant Foundation at #USLS today. A true inspiration for us and our future in wildlife conservation and protection 🐘

@UofA_SET @UniofAdelaide @HAffairsAsia

[Tara McKenzie @TaraDoesScience]

Thank you to @HAffairsAsia and Secretary General Mr Kim Solomon for the opportunity to bring the work @UofA_SET and the School of Animal and Vet Science to the #USLS

[Tara McKenzie @TaraDoesScience]

An incredible welcome to the 11th University Scholars Leadership Symposium at the United Nations. Honoured to be representing @UofA_SET and excited for the week ahead @HAffairsAsia

[Prof. Euan Ritchie (@euanritchie.bsky.social) @EuanRitchie1]

This is on you, @tanya_plibersek. Knowingly destroying threatened species habitat and an area of cultural significance to First Nations Peoples, against the wishes of local community. You can’t spin your way out of this abomination.

[Adelaide Park Lands Assn @adelparklands]

Who, or what, is attacking your @adelparklands possums? And why are they underweight, compared to their country cousins? Adelaide University researcher Tara McKenzie has made some surprising discoveries in your Park 17.
https://t.co/AbaIpo3sJt