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Journals

Access to ESA Journals - Austral Ecology and Ecological Management & Restoration (EMR)

Annual Conference

Join us for the Ecological Society of Australia’s 64th Annual Conference - 9-13 December 2024 in Melbourne

Awards

The ESA awards more than 100 prizes each year to students and professionals for research excellence, study, travel, conference presentations and science communication.

Hot Topics

Hot Topics aim to deliver timely, factual overviews that promote the application of scientifically defensible ecological knowledge in public debate.

Ecology Matters Podcast - New Season!

New Video Series: How to Communicate Science

ESA 'Ecology in Action' Photo Competition

See the 2023 winners!

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Employment

Ecologist, NSW – Bush Heritage Australia

Closing 26 December Bush Heritage Australia are seeking an Ecologist – NSW to join the….... Read more

Employment

Threatened species team leader – Kakadu (DCCEEWW)

Closing 19 December Work and live in Kakadu National Park! We are seeking a highly….... Read more

Media

2023 ESA Photo Competition Winners Revealed

A striking image of ecologists searching for the elusive, critically endangered Plains-wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus) has….... Read more

Blog

A sea lion’s perspective of the marine world

Nathan Angelakis, PhD candidate the University of Adelaide When I was a teenager, working on….... Read more

Bulletin

Nature Repair Market – Can we achieve nature-positive outcomes?

Dr Alison Ritchie, University of Western Australia The Australian biodiversity market, previously estimated at $137….... Read more