Australia鈥檚 government is pledging better protection for our vulnerable seas 鈥� but will it work?
Three 宅男导航 conservation researchers say upgraded marine parks must cover poorly protected habitats important for biodiversity.
10 June 2025
Boulder washed inland a sign of Pacific tsunami history
Analysis has shown a boulder weighing almost 1,200 tonnes in Tonga is one of the largest known wave-transported rocks in the world, providing new insights into the Pacific region鈥檚 history and risk of tsunamis.
22 May 2025
Digital reconstruction reveals 80 steps of prehistoric life
A dinosaur鈥檚 40-second journey more than 120 million years ago has been brought back to life by a 宅男导航-led research team using advanced digital modelling techniques.
14 May 2025
Why is a banana leaf a million times bigger than a common heather leaf? And why are leaves generally much larger in tropical jungles than in temperate forests and deserts?
1 September 2017
Whale shark researchers have solved a long-standing mystery about where the world鈥檚 largest fish go during the Australian spring and summer.
30 August 2017
Minimising the impact of viruses upon the pig industry is a major objective of a $3.83 million grant to international scientific collaborators, including a team from Queensland.
30 August 2017 Anne Winters.jpg?itok=yw5452Gv "Goniobranchus_splendidus: fish use the yellow rim to identify the danger. Photo: Anne Winters")
Predator animals have long been known to avoid devouring brightly coloured and patterned prey, and now an international study has revealed more about how they recognise toxic species.
23 August 2017
Australian tiger snakes have 鈥渉it the jackpot鈥� because prey cannot evolve resistance to their venom.
22 August 2017
Researchers say their new knowledge on the inner workings of a bacterium has important implications for Australia鈥檚 billion dollar cheese industry.
17 August 2017
A new international study has measured the effect of loud sounds on migrating humpback whales as concern grows as oceans become noisier.
17 August 2017
宅男导航 scientists are studying plants' microbial communities, with the aim of improving crop and plant yields. A piece of land on Queensland's Sunshine Coast has proved vital to their quest, with its wide range of species in close proximity, in very...
10 August 2017
Microbe habitats deep inside meteorites could be a pointer to life in galaxies far, far away.
9 August 2017
A young adult wedge-tailed eagle shot out of the sky near Gympie last month is recuperating after surgery at the 宅男导航 VETS Small Animal Hospital at Gatton.
7 August 2017
University of Queensland researchers have joined an international team of more than 400 scientists from 26 institutions to create the most accurate measurement ever made of dark matter structure in the universe.
4 August 2017
University of Queensland researchers have developed new knowledge on how animals see and use colour, and how their colour vision has evolved.
4 August 2017
A new Netflix documentary, Chasing Coral, is about to hit the world鈥檚 small screens.
14 July 2017
Tiger sharks roam huge distances across the Indo-Pacific, contributing to a single, large population, a study has found.
5 July 2017
University of Queensland staff, students and alumni are among 30 women selected as Science & Technology Australia鈥檚 first Superstars of STEM.
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