An international study led by University of Queensland researchers seeks to understand how white and tiger shark populations have changed over time.

21 December 2016
Sir David Attenborough, as he appears while introducing the interactive website

University of Queensland scientific research on the Great Barrier Reef is in the international spotlight with this week’s launch of an interactive website to complement a BBC television series to be released on 30 December.

23 December 2015
Manta ray. Photograph by Dr Kathy Townsend, Moreton Bay Research Station.

A University of Queensland scientist is calling for volunteer divers to photograph the underside of manta rays in waters off the Western Australian coastline and upload them to Facebook as part of a research project.

19 October 2015

UQ PhD student Lenore Litherland has entered the habitat of some of the world’s most feared marine predators and yet, she couldn’t be more at home.

15 December 2009

Andrea Marshall put everything on the line to follow her African dream to research and save one of the world’s largest manta ray populations.

5 December 2007

University of Queensland researchers have clipped the wings of the idea that the ancestors of modern birds were tree dwellers.

16 November 2007

Manta rays are hard to miss —big, black and stretching up to seven metres wide, but scientists are still in the dark about the world’s largest ray.

1 May 2007

The University of Queensland recognised some of its best teachers last night at the 2004 awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research Higher Degree Supervision and Enhancement of Student Learning.

16 November 2004

Award-winning author David Malouf will discuss autobiography and self-portraiture at 2pm on Saturday, June 5 at the University of Queensland’s recently opened new art museum.

18 May 2004

The University of Queensland will present the first exhibition of Australian self-portraiture to mark the opening of the James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre.

24 February 2004

University of Queensland fish researcher Kathy Townsend probably gets more bites than most anglers.

11 March 1998

University of Queensland researchers are tackling a novel project to minimise chronic stress in fish held in captivity.

13 February 1998

Mention the word 'shark' and most people think 'Jaws', Steven Spielberg, shark attacks, and the need to vacate the water rather quickly.

12 February 1998