Call for abstracts 🚨 Submissions for the joint NZ Ecological Society + @scboceania.org conference close 12 Aug (no extensions!). 📅 30 Nov - 4 Dec 2027📍AUT, Auckland 💡 "Changing the Conversation – Ecology in a Shifting Political Landscape" confer.eventsair.com/2026-nzes-sc... #ecology #conservation

News just in: H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu) has arrived in NZ. www.beehive.govt.nz/release/h5-b... We encourage you to look out for groups of sick/dead birds and report these to the MPI hotline ☎️ 0800 80 99 66. To keep safe and support detection: www.mpi.govt.nz/biosecurity-...

The annual NZ Garden Bird Survey is fast approaching! Are you ready to identify and count the birds in your local patch? All you need is 1 hr between 27 June - 5 July. Check out the resources at gardenbirdsurvey.nz to brush up on your bird ID skills! #NZGBS #ornithology 🪶

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Get out into your garden, count the birds, and build a build a picture of the state of our environment by taking part in the NZ Garden Bird Survey.

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Call for nominations to serve on the @scboceania.org Board - as previous Secretary, I can confirm you'll get to work with a lovely team of researchers and practitioners across the region. www.scboceania.org/news/call-fo... #conservation

Call for Nominations to Serve on the SCBO Board — Society for Conservation Biology Oceania

The SCBO Board is inviting applications for two positions: Academic Liaison Officer and Secretary. Successful candidates will serve a 3 year term commencing in September 2026.

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Hear a recap from my chat with Susana Lei’ataua on RNZ about @birdsnewzealand.bsky.social’s annual ornithological conference: www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Bird lovers converge on Wanaka for annual conference

Around 200 ornithologists and bird enthusiasts are gathered in Wanaka this Kings Birthday Weekend. The 2026 NZ Bird Conference and Birds New Zealand AGM is being held at the Lake Wanaka Centre - and i...

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ICYMI: Catch up on summaries of the latest bird research from our national #ornithology conference in Wānaka - our posts are tagged #BirdsNZ2026. With more than 50 presentations, there’s something for everyone! 🪶

Abstract submission has been extended for the Australasian Ornithological Conference #AOC2027 until 10 June, and registration is now open at aoc.org.au! Birds NZ @birdsnewzealand.bsky.social are excited to be hosting alongside BirdLife AU @birdlifeoz.bsky.social in Auckland, 18-20 February.

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BirdLife Australia, in conjunction with Birds New Zealand, are pleased to announce that the 13th Australasian Ornithological Conference.

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Abstract submission is now open for the Australasian Ornithological Conference #AOC2027 coming to Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland next February! See www.aoc.org.au for details. #ornithology

Home - Australasian Ornithological Conference 2027

BirdLife Australia, in conjunction with Birds New Zealand, are pleased to announce that the 13th Australasian Ornithological Conference.

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Registration is still open for our annual conference, to be held this year in Wānaka over King’s Birthday Weekend. We’ve got a great line-up of scientific presentations and much more! See www.birdsnz.org.nz/nz-bird-conference-2026/ for details.

Applications for student travel grants for the 2027 Australasian Ornithological Conference #AOC2027 in Auckland are now open, closing March 31. Three travel grants to the value of $300 each will be offered. Criteria and application forms are available at www.birdsnz.org.nz/awards-and-p...

AOC Student Grants - Birds New Zealand

The Australasian Ornithological Conference (AOC) is the primary conference for BirdLife Australia and Birds New Zealand, and the largest biennial gathering of enthusiastic amateur and professional orn...

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And here's a thought provoking study on other disparities in research, this one addressing different aspects of the gender gap. #WomenInSTEM journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Biomedical and life science articles by female researchers spend longer under review

Women are underrepresented in academia, especially in STEMM fields, at top institutions, and in senior positions. This study analyzes millions of biomedical and life science articles, revealing that f...

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Kudos to all who contributed to this confronting early career perspectives piece in the NZ Science Review. It's hard to be an emerging researcher in Aotearoa right now. Let's use the power of these collective voices to push for change! ojs.victoria.ac.nz/nzsr/article... #earlycareer #ECR #ECS #AoNZ

WSC4 Abstract Submissions – Now Open Abstract submissions for WSC4 are currently open and have been extended until 23 January 2026 (23:59 UTC-12). Submitting an abstract is easy via our Abstract Portal. Check out our website for full guidelines and submission details. 🔗 bit.ly/4qRZd44 #WSC4

Three quarters of our endemic terrestrial bird, freshwater fish and frog species are now either at risk or threatened with extinction; nine in 10 of our native seabird and reptile species sit in the same categories; and around half of our native vascular plants – including...

Want to be on the right side of biodiversity this summer? It's your choice

New Zealand’s biodiversity is under immense pressure, but we can give native species a boost this summer by making some simple choices.

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On behalf of the Science NZ Early Career Member Group (ECMG), I’m delighted to share our new publication in the New Zealand Science Review: ‘Pressures and Pathways: Early Career Experiences in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Public Research Organisations’: doi.org/10.26686/nzs... 🧵1/5

📣 New paper out now in @conbiology.bsky.social! #Headstarting - hatching eggs and/or rearing chicks in captivity & releasing them back to the wild - has been increasingly used for #wader #conservation. But it can be challenging and expensive. So why do it and when❓ 📷WWT/Bob Ellis #godwit (1/4)

A cheeky repost to highlight our recent publication on data- and culturally-informed conservation management in an #AoNZ endemic seabird for the #conservationgenomics 🧬 and science 🧪 crowd 🤓

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I'm delighted to share that our publication 'Nest survival models and genomics illuminate hybridisation attempts, guiding culturally informed management to recover a critically endangered seabird' is out now in Animal Conservation @animalconserv.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1111/acv.... 🧵 1/9

I'm delighted to share that our publication 'Nest survival models and genomics illuminate hybridisation attempts, guiding culturally informed management to recover a critically endangered seabird' is out now in Animal Conservation @animalconserv.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1111/acv.... 🧵 1/9

Nest Survival Models and Genomics Illuminate Hybridisation Attempts, Guiding Culturally Informed Management to Recover a Critically Endangered Seabird

Long-term monitoring has revealed hybridisation attempts between the Critically Endangered Kuaka Whenua Hou (KWH, Pelecanoides whenuahouensis) and the abundant Kuaka (P. urinatrix). Here we use model...

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The @scboceania.org AGM is 5PM NZT next Tuesday 2 Dec. Following this Assoc Prof Tatsuya Amano, Chair of #ICCB2025 Language Accessibility Subcommittee will present "How to run a language-inclusive ICCB", sharing learnings from a concerted focus on language accessibility at #ICCB2025. DM for details.

We had a brilliant time at #AOC2025! Congratulations to all the organising team for a fantastic meeting, and we can’t wait to host you all in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland in 2027!!

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And in case you didn’t catch it, the next AOC will be held in Auckland, NZ in February 2027! Looking forward to returning to Aotearoa and catching up with that Kōkako!

Plenary speaker Dejan Stojanovich describes how the orange bellied parrots have been resistant to conservation, and are generally a challenging species to study. A lot of research and conservation trial and effort has been put in to diagnosing causes of decline. #AOC2025

With 4 island types and over 300 islands, Palau has a huge diversity of habitats, for at least 168 bird species, #AOC2025 plenary speaker Heather Ketebengang tells us.

Marcel Klaassen walks us through the evolution of H5N1 bird flu, including tracking and testing of waders, with data being tracked in AviFluMap hpairisk.deakin.edu.au. Ducks are the main spreader currently. #AOC2025

Busting all our assumptions about sexual dimorphism, bird colour and song, Kristal Cain gets #AOC2025 off to a rollicking start!

What a lovely way to start the day at #AOC2025! Our morning bird walk collected 41 species, and made for a lovely chance to connect and reconnect.

Amali Thrimawithana uses metagenomic and metatranscriptomic data to build a comprehensive understanding of the mānuka microbiome, finding tissue types drives community assembly. #JGS seminar day @aucklanduni.bsky.social @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social

Jacqui Vanderhoorn discusses the taxa representation of the pollen record for reconstructing past ecosystems. Tall trees tend to be most underrepresented in the record. #JGS seminar day @aucklanduni.bsky.social @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social

Matt Templeton shares how plant-microbe interactions can be leveraged for agricultural & horticultural benefits, including to enhance resistance of kiwifruit to PSA. #JGS seminar day @aucklanduni.bsky.social @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social

‘Not everything is hunky dory in kiwi town’ says @manpreetkdhami.bsky.social. Microbiome in relatively sterile captive environments may be reducing post-release survival. #JGS seminar day @aucklanduni.bsky.social @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social

Our Q&A article on inbreeding for conservation is out in BMC Biology! We discuss some important key concepts related to inbreeding in the light of new genomic tools and what it means for conservation when we want to improve species survival. #consgen bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Q&A: inbreeding and its implications for conservation - BMC Biology

Inbreeding depression plays a role in the decline, endangerment, and extinction of small populations, and thus inbreeding has received much attention in conservation biology. The term inbreeding is us...

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