Dr Marissa Parrott
@drmparrott
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Senior Conservation Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science, @ZoosVictoria. #FightingExtinction. #TeamHB4 @HomewardBound16. Tweeting in a personal capacity.
Joined June 2014
You are looking at the new Senior Conservation Biologist for @ZoosVictoria! I've had a title upgrade ❤️ My new title best reflects the varied job I do every day to fight extinction for animals like this tiny Pookila 🐭🐧🦎🐸🦋 #dreamjob #FightingExtinction #conservation #scicomm
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@ZoosVictoria @abcnews @abcmelbourne Some futher fantastic information from Nick, with his permission to share this 🐍
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RT @PeterCaley1: Excited to find aestivating #bogong moths this year on the highest peaks within the Bogong Peaks wilderness. #AgrotisInfus…
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RT @TheAusToday: In 2025, let’s make it game on – not game over – for our precious natural world, write Darcy Watchorn and @drmparrott Re…
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We are privileged to work with amazing wildlife & wild places. It also breaks our hearts. See @Darcy_Watchorn & my new article- let's harness our ecological grief & make a New Year's resolution for #nature. We can do better. We must do better. @ZoosVictoria @UniMelb @Deakin
Amidst habitat destruction and ecological grief, let’s make a New Year’s resolution for nature — to care for beetles and butterflies, rainforests and reefs, ourselves, and future generations. @drmparrott @Deakin @unimelb
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Fires are once again ravaging beautiful areas of bushland & leaving wildlife in peril 🔥 Please check out how you can help not harm wildlife impacted by bushfires below: @EuanRitchie1 @ZoosVictoria @ParksVictoria #wildlife #bushfire
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Fabulous photos from our amazing Wilsons Prom Sanctuary island adventures to survey Swamp Antechinus & others with the awesome team from @ParksVictoria & @ZoosVictoria ! Read more here: #conservation
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What an adventure! It was a privilege to work with our @ParksVictoria partners surveying remote islands for threatened Swamp antechinus & collecting genetic samples for the first time. These Wilsons Prom islands are conservation arks ❤️ @ZoosVictoria
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I'm excited to be an invited presenter and panellist at the ESA conference today! Come to the ESA Careers Forum to chat with me and amazing people from a range of industries. #ESAUS2024 @EcolSocAus @ZoosVictoria #conservation
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RT @FansonKerry: It was fantastic to chat with David Astle on ABC radio about the value of wildlife endocrinology and our partnership with…
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@timbawden @abccanberra @abcnews @ZoosVictoria Brilliant! Thank you Tim - that is great that the billboard is up & visible to help the Bogong Moths & Mountain Pygmy-possums! ❤️🦋
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Wonderful to catch up with amazing @HomewardBound16 alumni & conservationist Laura Wells, raising support for for our partners Aussie Ark, Tassie Devils & wildlife. #WomenInScience @ZoosVictoria
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@VanessaPirotta @AstroKirsten @ZoosVictoria It was fabulous to meet you in person @VanessaPirotta ! What a wonderful gathering of women in science, conservation, wildlife & more. #WomeninSTEM
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RT @VanessaPirotta: Raising funds for the important work Aussie Ark does to help safeguard our native wildlife. Hung out THE @AstroKirsten…
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It was great to catch up with the #SafeCatSafeWildlife crew from @ZoosVictoria at the Cat Lovers Festival! You can keep your cat safely & happily contained at home, which is safer for your loved pet & your beautiful wildlife. Find tips and advice here:
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Prof David Lindenmayer presenting a plenary on his research at the Leadbeater's Possum Research Forum - we must protect old growth forests & support areas to grow back to old growth ages to reduce fire risk & promote conservation. #LeadbeatersPossum #conservation
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The incomparable & amazing Dr Dan Harley kicking off the Leadbeater's Possum Symposium at Healesville Sanctuary! 100 passionate people discussing possum & forest conservation 💚 @ZoosVictoria #FightingExtinction #LeadbeatersPossum #conservation
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RT @SarahAllenFinch: Have you voted yet? For the Australian insect of the year of course. Will it be the Bogong moth? #bogongmoth @abcnews…
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Insect Of the Year raises awareness for our tiny, but mighty, & crucially important insects. There are 6 finalists to choose from & all are wonderful! Learn all about them & vote here: #InsectOfTheYear #Insect
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