BJKS Podcast
BJKS Podcast
Benjamin James Kuper-Smith
101. Julie Old: Wombats, saving endangered species, and the difficulties of studying wild animals
1 hour 14 minutes Posted Oct 4, 2024 at 6:00 am.
How Julie got into working with wombats
What are wombats?
How Julie started researching wombats
Sarcoptic mange in wombats
Saving the critically endangered Northern hairy-nosed wombat
How to prevent wombats from becoming roadkill
How do I know a wombat was there without seeing the wombat directly?
What research could I do on wombats and (social) decision-making?
How do wombats navigate in burrows?
How the Australian wildfires in 19/20 affected wombats
WomSAT
The Wombat Foundation
How to translocate a population of wombats
A book or paper more people should read
Something Julie wishes she'd learnt sooner
Advice for PhD students/postdocs
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Julie Old is as Associate Professor at Western Sydney University. We talk about her experiences and research with wombats, various aspects of wombat behavior, conservation efforts, challenges such as sarcoptic mange and roadkill, the Northern hairy-nosed wombat's critically endangered status and efforts to translocate them safely, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: htt...