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...

There are a few spots left in a free CBCS workshop happening on 3 Sep: The art of conservation: Harnessing commonalities for artistic conservation science outreach and communication. Register by 29 August with Harrah Friedlander: [email protected] or Peter Baxter: [email protected]

✨ Job opportunity! ✨ Curtin University is looking for a full-time, fixed-term (two years) research officer to support the roll-out of the Toad Containment Zone. Applications close Tuesday 2 September 2025. More information, including how to apply, is here: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

Do you want to learn how to pitch and write for The Conversation? Executive Editor Liz Minchin will be leading a session to teach you how to do so! Date and time: Thursday 11 September 2025, 12pm to 1pm. Register here: research-support.uq.edu.au/event/sessio...

Thank you to Satoshi Kawakita of Japan’s National Agriculture and Food Research Organization for presenting at our CBCS seminar this week. If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars

DETSI’s Threatened Species Operations team is advertising three rare permanent PO4 Principal Conservation Officer positions, with two likely based in south-east Queensland and one in central Queensland. Applications close Wednesday 3 September 2025. Learn more: smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-654...

CBCS's Chris Pocknee has published a key chapter from his PhD with co-authors Sarah Legge, Jane McDonald and Diana Fisher! Read the paper here: www.publish.csiro.au/WR/WR24174

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

CBCS's Chris and Kirsten Golding have contributed to a paper in Marine and Freshwater Research led by Joanna Smart. Read the paper here: www.publish.csiro.au/MF/MF25049

The 2026 Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS 2026) will take place from 31 March to 2 April 2026 in Cambridge, UK. The conference is now looking for postgraduate students and early-career conservation scientists to apply. More information and how to apply is here: www.sccs-cam.org

Tina Skinner has led a new study published in the Journal of Environmental Management with UQ colleagues Pete Mumby and Yves-Marie Bozec, and Cameron Fletcher (CSIRO). Read the paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

CBCS’s Samuel Ho has led a new publication in Diversity and Distributions, with co-authors including Salit Kark, Simon Hart and Peter Baxter, Michael Hammer and Peter Unmack. Read the paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

CBCS's Justine Bell-James has led a new paper in Restoration Ecology with co-authors including Nicki Shumway. Read the paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Past and present CBCSers Caitie Kuempel, Richard Fuller and Micha Jackson are among co-authors of a paper in Ocean & Coastal Management. Read the paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

CBCS's Chris Roelfsema’s work on Heron Island has been highlighted in a recent UQ News feature article! His annual fieldwork on the island has become the world’s longest and most detailed reef composition series over time and space. 🪸 Read the feature here: lnkd.in/d6cKba2H

🐳 Dive into SparkLab at Queensland Museum Kurilpa for an adults-only night of science! 🐋 Friday 15 August | 6pm – 9pm. Ages 18+ Explore the fascinating world of whales with leading whale scientist, Dr Vanessa Pirotta for National Science Week. Learn more -> bit.ly/ScienceNightQMK

CBCS's Dr Chris Lawson has led a paper in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment together with others including Chris Roelfsema and Peter Mumby. Read the paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Congratulations to CBCS's Dr Alice Twomey, who has been awarded the competitive and prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship as well as an Early Career ARC Industry Fellowship for “Elevating mangrove recovery: The role of accretion under sea level rise”. cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/profile/3069...

What an amazing turnout at our R Winter Workshop! The workshop garnered over 100 participants and spanned 5 days full of learning. If you're interested in attending our next R Workshop, we will holding three in 2026. See here for more: mathmarecol.github.io/RWorkshop/

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

🌟 Opportunity available! 🌟 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) is seeking a full-time Managing Editor for its society journal Animal Behaviour, based in the UK. Applications close at 5pm BST on 31 July 2025. More information here: www.asab.org/opportunities

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

The Australian Land Conservation Alliance annual conference (ALCA25) will take place in Cairns from 7-10 October 2025. Learn more here: www.alcaconference.org.au/program

Griffith University is offering PhD scholarships with the emerging lab group of CBCS alum, Michelle Ward! ✨ Applications close for international candidates at 11:59pm AEST in Tuesday 26 August, and for domestic candidates at 11:59 AEST on Tuesday 2 Sep 2025. www.griffith.edu.au/research-stu...

Are you ready to take your R skills to the next level? Take our CBCS Winter R Workshops @ UQ. These will run 14-18 July 2025. For more information, see our website mathmarecol.github.io/RWorkshop and the attached flyer. For any questions about registration, email [email protected]

UQ is offering a PhD scholarship in mathematical ecology or mathematical epidemiology with Hugh Possingham, Matthew Holden, Kate Helmstedt and Katriona Shea. More information, including how to apply, is here: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

On 23 July, ALA will be hosting a session to show how the ALA identifies, protects and manages sensitive species records and how you can request access to the data and contribute by suggesting the addition of species to the sensitive lists. Register here: events.csiro.au/Events/2025/...

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

The University of Newcastle is offering a fully funded PhD with CBCS alum Brooke Williams, focused on forest restoration, conservation and carbon and biodiversity markets. More information, including how to apply, is here. www.newcastle.edu.au/study/resear...