Congratulations to CBCSers Lily Bentley and Alice Twomey and CBCS alums Michelle Ward and Caitie Kuempel, who have all been named as finalists in the 2025 Queensland Women in STEM Prize! Winners will be announced on Thursday 13 November.

The WWF Protecting Whales and Dolphins Initiative team is looking for a creative writer and copy-editor on a six-month contract to start in early 2026. Closes 17 November: wwfwhales.org/expression-o...

Registrations now open for Summer R Workshops, 9–13 February 2026. Transform your research questions into robust statistical insights with our 2026 Summer R Workshops! For more information, see our website mathmarecol.github.io/RWorkshop/su... For any questions, email [email protected]

CBCS Prof. Richard Fuller received the prestigious Society for Conservation Biology Distinguished Service Award. Here, we sat down with Rich to talk about what the award means to him, reflect on his career and hear his thoughts on the future of conservation: cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/project/prof...

The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, is offering a PhD supervised by CBCS alum Hannah Wauchope and Tom Butterworth. Applications close Sunday 14 December: e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...

Thank you to Drew Terasaki Hart for presenting at our CBCS seminar this week. If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars

The University of California Santa Barbara is advertising for a two-year postdoc to be based at UCSB and working on a recently funded project investigating the contributions of termites to methane cycling in the Afrotropics (fieldwork in the Republic of Congo). recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF03019

The Mindaroo Foundation’s Exmouth Research Lab are providing lab and field support for high-impact science projects to be conducted at their facility in Exmouth, Western Australia - EOIs are open until 3 November 2025. More information, including how to submit your EOI, is here: merl.minderoo.org

Thank you to Christina Skinner for presenting at our CBCS seminar yesterday. If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars

Sign up for the International Nature Positive Student Ambassador Programme, run by the UN Environmental Programme and the University of Oxford. Learn more: www.naturepositiveuniversities.net/student-amba...

From biological oceanography to data science and spatial planning, Dr Jason Everett’s career has been shaped by a passion for understanding the oceans through data. Here, CBCS spoke with the Senior Research Fellow to learn more about his journey: cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/project/carv...

🌟 Job opportunity! 🌟 Bush Heritage Australia is looking for a full-time, ongoing Field Officer to join their team at Yourka Reserve on Jirrbal and Warrungu Country in northern Queensland, where your work will help protect threatened species and their habitats. applynow.net.au/jobs/FOY2025

Thank you to Kellie Ashley and Heather Monro-Allison for presenting at our CBCS seminar yesterday. If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars

CBCS spoke with Hugh Possingham about being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. In this interview, he reflects on the privilege, people and purpose that have shaped his career – and what he believes matters most for the next generation of scientists. cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/project/prof...

Join a compelling free public lecture exploring how scientific expertise informs legal decisions impacted by climate change. T Register here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/from-data-...

In a recently published Conservation Letters perspective paper, Carissa Klein and colleagues from UQ explore Australia’s long-standing claims of global leadership in marine conservation. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/conl...

CBCS spoke with Samuel Ho, Research Assistant at TERN and UQ graduate, about his journey from aspiring photographer in Hong Kong to freshwater conservation researcher. Read his story here: cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/project/amph...

Thank you to Amanda Niehaus and Jessica White for presenting at our CBCS seminar yesterday. If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars

Volunteer opportunity at the Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital! You will help care for birds of prey by cleaning aviaries to keep them safe and comfortable, weeding and maintaining the surrounding environment and assisting with feeding. No experience necessary! Email [email protected]

All are welcome to a catered poster session on October 16th celebrating LGBTQIA+ researchers on the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test! Please RSVP by contacting Matt Holden at [email protected]

The University of New South Wales’s Centre for Ecosystem Science is offering a platypus PhD – “Platypus Conservation in Urban Environments” – in Sydney and Brisbane. This opportunity will remain open until filled; if you are interested, please apply asap: nrmjobs.com.au/jobs/2025/20...

The Sorbonne University, France, is offering a joint 36-month Brazilian–French PhD project, Mangrove Blue Carbon: Soil and Microbial Characteristics in Brazil. Applications close Sunday 2 November. Expected start date is Jan 2026. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Thank you to Dr Cathy Robinson of CSIRO for presenting at our CBCS seminar this week. If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars

Join CoralWatch on Thursday 9 October for free pizza, a screening of OCEAN narrated by Sir David Attenborough and a Q&A panel discussion with leading marine experts, Prof Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, A/Prof Carissa Klein, and Ms Diana Kleine. Must register! ➡️ ems.gs/3iGO0chdnay

The Society for Conservation Biology, SEQ Chapter, is inviting you to join their Conservation Optimism event. This event aims to provide a space for people to share their emotions around environmental grief, and examples of conservation success to bring hope www.eventbrite.com.au/e/conservati...

CBCS alum Divya Narain has released a new report, Climate Course Correction: Preventing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Lock-in from Development Finance–Driven Industrialization of Animal Agriculture in Low-Income Countries. The report can be downloaded here: tinybeamfund.org/Fellowship-A...

Thank you to Coen Hird for presenting at our CBCS seminar this week! If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars

Conrad Pratt has published a new paper in the Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, with the help of numerous collaborators, reporting the introduction of the non-native seagrass-fouling bryozoan Juxtacribrilina mutabilis to eastern Canada. doi.org/10.1017/S002...

James Cook University is hiring a permanent Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science to work out of JCU Earth and Environmental Science in the College of Science and Engineering at the Bebegu Yumba campus, Townsville. Applications close 8 October 2025: careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...

The University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies has a PhD position available in Hobart focused on restoring seagrass meadows to improve habitat for the Critically Endangered red handfish. Applications close 1 October 2025: www.utas.edu.au/research/deg...

CBCS alum Pablo Negret has contributed to a paper in Science titled “Fragmentation increased in over half of global forests from 2000 to 2020”. Read the paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Bora Aska has led a paper in Nature Reviews Biodiversity with co-authors including Laura Sonter, Sophus zu Ermgassen and Tom Lloyd titled “Mining, biodiversity and social conflict in the renewable energy transition”: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Thank you to Claire Mason for presenting at our CBCS seminar this week. If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars

@uq-cbcs.bsky.social Senior Research Leader (Spatial Monitoring and Evaluation) Kew Gardens. Cutting-edge spatial and modelling approaches grounded in strong statistical thinking and supported by remote sensing to monitor ecosystems and assess impact of management actions. Deadline 28th Sep 2025

The joint Australian Marine Sciences Association South-East Queensland Branch (SEQ-AMSA) and CBCS workshop on quality scientific data analysis with large language models last week, September 11, was a resounding success!

Thank you to Frankie Cho for presenting at our CBCS seminar this week! If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars

Griffith University is looking for a PhD candidate to join an ARC project with Ryan Heneghan, Caitie Kuempel, David Schoeman and Ant Richardson to uncover and address the accelerating impacts of climate change on global marine life. EOIs close 24 October 2025: www.griffith.edu.au/research-stu...

Hugh Possingham will deliver this year’s Environmental Policy Lecture hosted by the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (WA Branch) in partnership with UWA Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy (CEEP). Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e2233e...

18 month postdoc in Sydney developing a prototype open-data platform to monitor the structure, condition, and carbon stocks of Australian forests. Deadline 30th Sep 2025 @uq-cbcs.bsky.social jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...

CBCS PhD candidate Tin Buenafe, together with CBCSers Anthony Richardson, Sandra Neubert, Daniel Dunn, Jason Everett and Alvise Dabalà, have published their work “Near-global spawning strategies of large pelagic fish” in Nature Communications. Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our Thursday 11 September AI in Research Workshop on quality scientific data analysis with large language models will cover how to use language models to learn scientific computing and conduct reliable environmental analyses. For more: cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/events-and-s...

DETSI has launched a new round of Engaging Science Grants, offering up to $25,000 per project to support teachers, scientists and community groups. Learn more here: science.qld.gov.au/engaging-que...

✈️ The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program is open! This opportunity supports graduate students, postdocs and occasionally more senior researchers to work with any part of the Smithsonian. Applications close Wednesday 15 October 2025: fellowships.si.edu/SIFP

Thank you to Pepe Clarke for presenting at our CBCS seminar today. If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars

🌟 Job opportunity 🌟 The University of Cambridge’s Zoology Department has a rare opportunity for a permanent academic post in ecology, evolution and conservation with a focus on teaching, not research. Applications close at midnight BST on Sunday 7 September 2025: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51808

🌟 Free CBCS workshop opportunity 🌟 There are still a few spots left in a catered CBCS workshop: “From Parachute Science to Equitable Research Collaborations”. EOI: forms.office.com/r/LTnTKJQgb6... direct any questions to Nayelli Rivera at [email protected]

🌟 Research Fellow opportunity 🌟 Monash University’s Environmental Informatics Hub is looking for a full-time, fixed-term (two years) Research Fellow to help develop innovative AI solutions to tackle pressing environmental challenges. More info: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

Our Thursday 11 September AI in Research Workshop on quality scientific data analysis with large language models will cover how to use language models to learn scientific computing and conduct reliable environmental analyses. For more: cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/events-and-s...

🌟 Conservation volunteering opportunity! 🌟 Elemental Consulting Services has opened volunteer applications to join them and contribute to conservation research for the Barrow Island and Mundabullangana Flatback Turtle Tagging Program. More info: www.elementalconsultants.com.au/flatback-tur...