A single female crown-of-thorns starfish can produce up to 120 million offspring in one spawning season

An American who fell in love with both the Great Barrier Reef and his wife via The University of Queensland has led a breakthrough discovery that could protect one of the Seven Natural Wonders.

7 April 2017

Professor Bernard Degnan from UQ's School of Biological Sciences has led an international team of scientists to sequence the genome of the first marine animal from Australian waters.

4 August 2010

Developing better treatments for child burns victims is the aim of UQ researcher Dr James R. McMillan, who was yesterday awarded an International Science Linkages Grant.

8 December 2009

Marine sponges and sea slugs may provide an ecologically friendly answer to preventing the growth of organisms on boat hulls and pylons, according to former UQ PhD student Bronwin Stapleton.

2 June 2003