Koala studies may provide important new insights into how chlamydial infections compromise human male infertility, according to new Australian research.

27 August 2015

Eating organically grown food might make you feel good inside, but a University of Queensland researcher says organic agriculture is not necessarily sustainable and— contrary to popular belief — often relies on chemical sprays.

25 August 2015
Photo: Cleaner wrasse with a client Scarface damsel by Richard Smith

University of Queensland researchers have discovered the presence of the bluestreak cleaner wrasse increases the number of juvenile fish on reefs.

19 August 2015
Dr Christine Dudgeon (left) and Dr Jennifer Ovenden (right).

A University of Queensland scientist has cautioned against culling sharks because the long term ecological impact cannot be predicted.

18 August 2015
Dr Tamara Keeley and a Lumholtz tree kangaroo

University of Queensland researchers and Dreamworld staff are celebrating the birth of one of Australia’s rarest species of tree kangaroo.

17 August 2015
Associate Professor Bryan Fry is using a new technique to extract venom from box jellyfish

An international research team led by University of Queensland venomologist Associate Professor Bryan Fry has developed a new technique for ‘milking’ box jellyfish to extract deadly venom for the development into lifesaving drugs.

11 August 2015
Newly-discovered species: Adult males with juvenile females grasped onto abdomens - Cystococcus campanidorsalis (Photo: Dr Lyn Cook)

A University of Queensland graduate has identified a previously unknown species of insect living within reach of Australian suburbia.

27 July 2015

University of Queensland researchers have shown, like humans, fruit flies may be self-aware of their actions.

24 July 2015
Researchers say governments should not use offsets to meet existing commitments to manage protected areas.

Australian scientists have warned governments against using biodiversity offsetting to meet existing conservation commitments.

23 July 2015

After correctly answering that the cochlear and vestibular nerves are the two branches of the eighth cranial nerve, 15-year-old Abigail Green from Somerville House has become the 2015 Queensland Brain Bee Champion.

21 July 2015

More than 80 astronomers and researchers from around the world will converge at The University of Queensland this week for the annual Women in Astronomy Workshop 2015.

21 July 2015
San Diego Zoo ambassador Ric Schwartz and UQ’s Dr Bill Ellis with a koala participating in the radio tracking study.  Credit: Ken Bohn – San Diego Zoo.

A team of international scientists has tracked the love lives of koalas, uncovering some curious behaviours and finding that male koalas make their distinct bellows to avoid confrontation with competitors.

9 July 2015

University of Queensland pain treatment researchers have discovered thousands of new peptide toxins hidden deep within the venom of just one type of Queensland cone snail.

7 July 2015
Increased levels of CO2 in the ocean could alter the rate at which calcium carbonate dissolves in mussels, shell fish and other creatures.

International ocean scientists have issued a blunt warning to world leaders ahead of the November 2015 climate change negotiations in Paris (COP21).

3 July 2015
Mating pair of Drosophila serrata. Credit: Antoine Morin

Too much male sexual attention harms attractive females, according to a new Australian and Canadian study on fruit flies.

26 June 2015
UQ’s latest ARC Laureate Fellows TC Beirne School of Law’s Professor Brad Sherman, the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences’s Professor Philip Hugenholtz and Institute for Molecular Bioscience’s Professor David Craik.

Better drugs for chronic pain, building food security, and research into evolutionary diversity have attracted more than $8 million in funding for The University of Queensland’s latest ARC Laureate Fellowships, announced today (23 June).

23 June 2015
The Hōkūleʻa will stop at UQ's Moreton Bay Research Station this week.

The traditional Hawaiian voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa will add The University of Queensland’s Moreton Bay Research Station to its list of global destinations this week.

2 June 2015
The Australian Academy of Science welcomed five new UQ Fellows this week.

The University of Queensland confirmed its place as a leading institution for science and innovation, with five UQ scientists being named Australian Academy of Science Fellows.

1 June 2015
Caption: Professor Zhiguo Yuan and Dr Leigh Ward have received Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Clunies Ross Awards.

Innovative bioscience and infrastructure research from two University of Queensland academics has been recognised with national awards.

28 May 2015
Survival rates for high-grade serous ovarian cancer patients have not changed significantly in 30 years

Ovarian cancer cells can lock into survival mode and avoid being destroyed by chemotherapy, an international study reports.

28 May 2015