Kicking off the 10th annual Auckland NZ dotterel minders forum!

‘Pest removal is good for all species’ - the overwhelming theme of the very inspiring Auckland Dotterel Forum. Amazing to see what the efforts of a huge number of community groups, with support from Auckland Council, can do for our #shorebirds .

Tāmaki pals - a special screening of the doco 'Fungi: The Web of Life' is scheduled for Rialto Newmarket on May 9, but needs a few more tickets reserved to go ahead. Let's make it happen! #fungi tickets.demand.film/event/12838

This week the Amphibian Genomics Consortium (AGC) hosted an excellent seminar by Ian Brennan Ian Brennan from the Natural History Museum in London.

You can watch Ian's talk and the many others we have lined up for the year by joining the AGC at go.unimelb.edu.au/k2ss

Aotearoa's scientific societies are speaking up for the environment as a suite of fast legal changes diminishes environmental protections rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

The NZ govt is proposing a number of changes to environmental legislation which will negatively impact biodiversity.

NZ EcologicalSociety joined nine other societies to call on the govt to slow the pace of these changes and consult more widely:

newzealandecology.org/open-letter-co…

BirdLife Australia has digitised the amazing HANZAB series and is making it available to all online FREE!
(just needs a login). Do share...
hanzab.birdlife.org.au/?fbclid=IwAR1J…

nzherald.co.nz/waikato-news/n…

Wondering about mysterious place Department of Conservation sent the Hector’s dolphin sample they collected for DNA analysis in nzherald?

That was us!

MMEG_UoA University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau been working on Hector’s & Māui dolphin genetics for 20+years! I’m #CSI #dolphin team too!

Attend an SCB group conference near you in 2024🌍 #NACCB2024 in Vancouver, Canada SCB North America,
#ECCB2024 in Bologna, Italy SCB - Europe Region
and #IMCC7 in Cape Town, South Africa SCB Marine Program!
conbio.org/conferences/se…

I'm fascinated with and a bit jealous of bioluminescence: Plants can do it. Fish can do it. Worms can do it. Even single-celled plankton can do it. Why does so much of the natural world get to glow in the dark? Latest Just So, cartoons by Giselle: nzgeo.com/stories/glow-i…

Back by popular demand for 2024: The #Oscars as things seen in science.

First up, Sam Rockwell as a failed PCR

This year SCB Oceania is hosting an Oceania #conservation webinar series. 'Vulnerability & Resilience - biodiversity, wildfires & changing climate in Hawaiʻi in Ka Makahiki o Nā Manu Nahele (Year of the Forest Birds)'. All welcome, see flyer & register at tinyurl.com/3b5j96sr

Exciting opportunity to contribute to reversing the dramatic decline of migratory shorebirds in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway! Come and work with Rich Fuller and myself as a 2-year postdoc UQ Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation Science.
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Spent a magical weekend at Pūkorokoro farewelling the kuaka/godwits as they begin departing for their long migration north. #birding #waders

Delighted to be tuning into the Forest & Bird Women in Conservation webinar today. A lovely way to highlight women across the science, art, and advocacy in Aotearoa history. Starting out learning about artist Lily Daff, whose bird paintings really hit the spot!

SCB is excited to announce the call for nominations for our 2024 Group Service Awards program that honors individuals or institutions for outstanding contributions to #biodiversity #conservation !
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Learn more: conbio.org/publications/s…

I worked in Shane's team for 4 years. They were some of the best years of my life. One of the positions is to replace me. Our DToL project is wonderful. I'm still in the project, just in another position now. Apply today! Darwin Tree of Life

From the Mass Killer in The Observer (The Guardian) to Pest Assassin on Radio NZ - telling the tale of taking island restoration work global with WMIL...
Biz Bell: A pest assassin taking her home-grown skills global rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

It's out! The first ever multi-omics level resources for the southern stuttering frog 🐸🇦🇺

Thanks so much to Kate Farquharson, Emma Peel Prof Carolyn Hogg, Kathy Belov, and the rest of the AWGG for their support on my first, first-author paper.

Do check it out!

Registration for Birds New Zealand conference is open! Come join us in Nelson to talk all things #birds #ornithology , 1-3 June. birdsnz.org.nz/nz-bird-confer…