"the preservation of pure learning, bringing in its train not merely riches for the imagination but a comparative sense for the mind, and leading to what we need so badly — the recognition of values which are other than pecuniary." - Prime Minister Robert Menzies theconversation.com/universities...

A powerful, persuasive, emotional & evidence-based rebuttal to Wallach & Lundgren’s claims, from Professor John Woinarski. My own view, it’s essential for science to challenge dogma, but if this is not done in a robust way, using weight of evidence, it is reckless & potentially harmful. #ICCB2025

Measuring recovery for Australia’s critically endangered oyster reefs. Great talk by @jadelivinglife.bsky.social . #ICCB2025

Remember to record the boring birds as well as the interesting ones! Great talk by Louis Backstrom. #ICCB2025

Great talk by Jariya Chanachai on priority areas for citizen science records for Australia’s frogs. #ICCB2025

Great talk by @marcelcardillo.bsky.social on predicting extinction risk for Australia’s threatened species. Here’s a crappy photo of one of his slides. #iccb2025

In Brissy for the international congress for conservation biology #iccb2025