Wildlife Conversation Blog

There are various ways in which we can make positive impacts with our conservation science and expertise, and a key one is engaging with policy when the opportunity arises. Our beloved koalas are a big deal in Queensland, receiving disproportionately more funding than all other threatened species. And yet, despite the focus, koala habitat continues to be cleared. The Queensland Government has proposed a new koala conservation strategy for southeast Queensland, so CBCS turned

Its been progress review season at UQ and last week the Wildlife Conservation Lab celebrated a raft of successful milestones, along with some notable lab associates! Wildlife Conservation Lab and associates celebrating successful milestones for 2026! So far in 2026 we have had successful confirmation of candidature for Eloise Tighe , Eleanor Knox , and Astri Yuliawati . Rani Davis successfully passed her Progress Review 2, and Rhiannon Bird passed Progress Review 3. Congrat

By Natalee Bozzi Natalee finding birds in Western Australia The AOC 2025 in Perth was a blast! It was fun to be in a room with a bunch of other bird people, and to actually talk to the authors of papers I’ve spent the last several months reading. I was very excited to present work I’ve done in conjunction with my colleagues in the RARES group at UQ, presenting “ An assessment of how accurately we are classifying the extinction risk of Australia’s birds ,” and enjoyed talkin

We all thoroughly enjoyed the International Congress for Conservation Biology – here are some highlights. Rani Davis, PhD student One...

By Emilee Thomson Finding reptiles can be a challenge at the best of times, they are shy, highly cryptic creatures that are typically...

WCL PhD student Rani Davis has started her fieldwork on the pest control benefits of microbats in macadamia orchards in South East...

By Brodie Crouch During mid-July, Martine Maron’s and April Reside’s labs came together to enjoy a three-day writing retreat at Noosa...

We have an exciting PhD opportunity for domestic applicants to join the vibrant Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science at the...

Wildlife Conservation Lab's threatened reptile research made the media! Radio interviews: ABC Regional Queensland FM at April 12th 2024...

Four PhD opportunities available for domestic applicants to join the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science at the University...

By Laura Harms The Wildlife Conservation Lab had our inaugural writing retreat at UQ's Moreton Bay Research Station on the beautiful...

Several members of the Wildlife Conservation Lab will be presenting at the Ecological Society of Australia and Society for Conservation...

A few weeks ago, Dr Christina Buelow from Griffith University ran a wonderful workshop for spatial data wrangling in R for our Wildlife...