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All eyes will be on Glasgow over the first two weeks of November as world leaders meet at the most important international climate summit in the past decade.

2 November 2021

Drastic ecosystem interventions like eradicating an unwanted species can sometimes backfire, but new University of Queensland-led modelling may help to avoid these ecological hiccups.

29 January 2020
An African elephant in Tanzania ... the extinction process begins earlier than scientists previously understood. (Image: Wikipedia Commons)

Skyrocketing prices for rare animal products can push species to extinction even when their populations are abundant, researchers say.

5 December 2017

A range of University of Queensland experts is available to comment on issues around the Federal Budget. Journalists can search by topic or name at UQ Experts or contact the following experts.

10 May 2017
Moreton Bay Research Station ... one of the new UQ-UWA research collaborations will examine the politics of climate change

Research projects at The University of Western Australia and The University of Queensland and have received a total of more than $425,000 in the second round of UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Awards funding.

24 October 2011