Koala populations have declined rapidly in south-east Queensland.

Cars and chlamydia were the top causes of a dramatic rise in south-east Queensland koala deaths over the past two decades, according to a new University of Queensland-led study.

21 February 2017
UQ PhD student Trace Martyn gathering data on the spatial orientation of York gum wild flower communities. Photo: Margie Mayfield.

A new University of Queensland-led study could help scientists more accurately predict and explain patterns of diversity in nature.

20 February 2017
Mining site in Kahuzi Biega National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

A University of Queensland-led international study published today warns that more than 100 Natural World Heritage Sites are being destroyed by encroaching human activities.

31 January 2017
Emeritus Professor John Fuerst

University of Queensland microbiologist Emeritus Professor John Fuerst has a new bacterial genus (a group of related organisms) named in his honour.

18 January 2017