Ecological Society of Australia
@ecolsocaus.bsky.social
The ESA is the peak group for ecologists in Australia 🐸🐝🪲 Here for the koala-ty content 🐨 Join us at ESA2026 👇 esa2026.org.au
Meet ESA2026 Plenary Speaker Prof. Don Driscoll, a Deakin University terrestrial ecologist tackling biodiversity challenges across fire ecology, habitat fragmentation and threatened species. 📅 29 Nov–4 Dec, Brisbane ⏰ Early Bird closes 13 Sept 🎟️ esa2026.org.au
Meet our special ESA2026 Plenary Speaker — Prof. Kerrie Wilson, Queensland Chief Scientist. 🌿 Hear from Kerrie at ESA2026 in Brisbane, 29 Nov–4 Dec 2026. ⏰ Early Bird closes 13 Sept 🎟️ esa2026.org.au #ESA2026 #EcologyInAction
🌿 Meet some of our ESA 2026 plenary speakers! 🌿Prof Kerrie Wilson 🌿Prof Don Driscoll 🌿Prof Julien Louys Will bring perspectives across conservation, biodiversity, and environmental change. 📍 Brisbane | 29 Nov–4 Dec ⏰ Early Bird closes 6 Sept 🎟️ esa2026.org.au #ESA2026 #EcologyInAction
🌿 ESA2026 Early Bird Registration is now extended! ⏰ Early Bird closes 6 September 2026 📍 Brisbane | 29 November–4 December 2026 🎟️ Register now: esa2026.org.au #EcologicalSocietyOfAustralia
The 2026 ESA Photography Competition is now open! 📸🌿 ✨ Theme: Ecology in Action: Connect. Collaborate. Adapt. Capture ecology through wildlife, landscapes, fieldwork and conservation. 🏆 Six categories with cash prizes Enter here: www.ecolsoc.org.au/opportunitie... #ESAPhotographyCompetition
How can drone-based thermal wildlife surveys improve ecological decision-making? Join ESA's webinar with John Davison (Field Master Systems) to explore how drone technology is supporting better conservation outcomes. 📅 15 July | 12 pm AEST member.ecolsoc.org.au/events/view/... #Ecology #Drones
Fifty years of NAIDOC. 🖤💛❤️ Built by Elders, organisers, artists and communities who kept showing up. We see you. #NAIDOC2026 #50YearsOfDeadly
50 years of NAIDOC, and what it means for ecology. NAIDOC Week marks 50 years of NAIDOC, under the theme 50 Years of Deadly: five decades of culture, resistance, pride and achievement. It's close to home for ecologists. Find events at naidoc.org.au. #NAIDOC2026 #NAIDOCWeek #50YearsOfDeadly
Register for new #webinar: Strengthening Ecological Decision-making with Drone-based Thermal Wildlife Surveys. 📅 Wednesday 15 July 2026 at 12pm 👉 member.ecolsoc.org.au/events/view/...
New #NaturalHistoryNote in Austral Ecology by @danhoops.bsky.social A bicycle dragon was observed eating a live Jan's banded snake in South Australia. A review of published diets found vertebrate prey records in Ctenophorus are exceptionally rare🦎🐍 doi.org/10.1111/aec.... @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
New #NaturalHistoryNote in Austral Ecology: Treefrogs in Brazil's Cerrado were found carrying tiny ostracods, providing the first evidence of phoresy in this species = Frogs may help disperse aquatic invertebrates between bromeliads & other habitats🐸 doi.org/10.1111/aec.... @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
Congratulations to all! I am overjoyed to be included in this wonderful anthology alongside so many amazing authors! @deakinuniversity.bsky.social @ausmammals.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social @biodivcouncil.bsky.social More here: unsw.press/books/the-be...
Join the Ecological Society of Australia team 🐨 We're seeking a part-time Social Media Officer to help engage and grow ESA's online community. Apply for the remote role now: www.ethicaljobs.com.au/members/Ecol... #Jobs #EthicalJobs #SocialMedia #Ecology #Hiring
Birds you would definitely find in the #backrooms. #birds #creepy
Want to share your work at ESA's annual conference? Well, get your abstracts in - submissions close June 29! Submissions are encouraged for any of the symposia listed on the ESA2026 website: esa2026.org.au/call-for-abs.... There's a lot in there, so don't wait to check it out! #ESA2026 #SciComms
✨️ TERN is delighted to sponsor the @ecolsocaus.bsky.social #esa2026 conference which will be held in Brisbane from 29 November. Abstract submissions are now open with the program covering everything from functional traits to ecoacoustics. Submit an abstract: esa2026.org.au/call-for-abstracts
New research shows Australia has “thermal gaps” in large areas. A thermal gap is the difference between a soil’s natural ability to absorb heat and what it is doing now after years of farming and a warming climate. In some areas soils are no longer protecting plants from heat as well as they could.
Healthy soil can protect land from soaring heat. But our map shows where soil is suffering
The good news is degraded soil can regain some of its lost heat protection. We can help ‘re-insulate’ the ground with practical farming methods.
theconversation.com
Calling all science communicators! Beaker Street Festival, Australia's premier National Science Week event for adults in Lutruwita/Tasmania (6 to 17 August 2026) is now inviting expressions of interest for its Roving Scientist Program. www.beakerstreet.com.au #scicomm #scicommunity
Beaker Street Festival | 6 to 17 August 2026
Beaker Street Festival brings science, art and culture together in Hobart through immersive events, talks and performances.
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I am excited to announce that a couple of days ago I was awarded a second Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment through the Ecological Society of Australia (@ecolsocaus.bsky.social)! 📸: @simonjpierce.bsky.social
Inclusive resources for teaching neurodiverse ecology students now available on the ESA site. Check it out 👉️ www.ecolsoc.org.au/engagement/t... #accessibility #ecology #inclusivity #neurodiversity #DEI
Some more good news! Karajarri celebrate Australia’s first ‘Sea Country’ Indigenous Protected Area comprising of 237,489 hectares (nearly 587,000 acres) of marine and coastal ecosystems. It includes part of Malumpurr, the Karajarri word for Eighty Mile Beach. #ecology #goodnews #biodiversity
Karajarri celebrate Australia’s first ‘Sea Country’ Indigenous Protected Area
In northwestern Australia lies a remote and wildly diverse region called the Kimberley. There, the iron-red soils of the Pindan Country connect forests and the Great Sandy Desert, all bracketed by a v...
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New Natural History Note in Austral Ecology: Rare peat-bound karstic wetlands in Lutruwita/Tasmania—alkaline, groundwater-fed systems within acidic peatlands. Endemic flora + living stromatolites. Monitoring shows slow change but infilling risk. 🌱🧪🌍 doi.org/10.1111/aec.... @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
1/n New #NaturalHistoryNote in Austral Ecology: Social wasps living inside ant nests in the Brazilian Amazon — with no visible aggression between the species — provide rare evidence of a potentially mutualistic wasp–ant nesting association. 🐜🐝🌿🌍 doi.org/10.1111/aec.... @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
Did you hear? Abstract submissions are open for @ecolsocaus.bsky.social annual meeting! We are excited to host a symposium: Does one size fit all? Plant-microbe interactions across ecosystems esa2026.org.au @renskejongen.bsky.social @christinabirnbaum.bsky.social Luke Florence Elizabeth Wandrag
Hop to it 🐇 The ESA awards season ends on Sunday 31 May. Get in your nominations before time runs out! 👉️ www.ecolsoc.org.au/grants-awards/ #awards #grants #ecology
Research support needed! We are looking for ecological research on bioaccumulation and long-term environmental contamination from dioxins, PFAS, & heavy metals released by thermal waste treatment (incineration, gasification or pyrolysis of municipal, commercial, organic or industrial waste)
Galahs, cuckoos, loons, gulls, dodos and boobies agree!
never linger; rightly grow@nlrg.bsky.social · 6mo ago
