White rhinos in Namibia Ikiwaner

The challenges of meeting African wildlife and livestock welfare needs will be the subject of a free symposium at the University of Queensland in October.

3 October 2017
Hobo, a northern hairy-nosed wombat rescued by Tina Janssen of Australian Animals Care and Education Sanctuary

Do you know the difference between freezing wombat sperm and koala sperm?

7 June 2017
Dinosaur tracks in the Walmadany area. Credit: Damian Kelly

An unprecedented 21 different types of dinosaur tracks have been identified on a 25-kilometre stretch of the Dampier Peninsula coastline dubbed “Australia’s Jurassic Park”.

27 March 2017
Southern hairy-nosed wombat.

Australia’s critically endangered northern hairy-nosed wombats might not know it yet, but researchers from The University of Queensland are working on a wee solution to their population problems.

6 January 2016
3MT finalists have just three minutes to communicate complicated issues like disease study.

The clock is ticking for UQ research students who will compete in the 2014 Three-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT) next Thursday at Customs House in Brisbane.

4 September 2014
Dr Beben Benyamin from UQ's Queensland Brain Institute Complex Trait Genomics Group is a recipient of a 2013 UQ Indonesian Partnership Award.

The University of Queensland’s Indonesian Partnership awards have highlighted some of the many partnerships being forged to deliver stronger teaching and research collaborations across a range of fields.

5 December 2013

A University of Queensland animal welfare researcher tonight won the 2012 Australian Museum Voiceless Eureka Prize for Scientific Research that contributes to Animal Protection.

28 August 2012

A team of UQ psychiatric genetic researchers and an animal welfare researcher are among the finalists in the 2012 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.

3 August 2012

“Connie” — a 33 cm Hawksbill turtle — has been successfully released back to Moreton Bay after a co-operative effort between The University of Queensland’s Moreton Bay Research Station, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and Australia Zoo.

17 November 2006

Live sheep exports will be among topics discussed at a University of Queensland professional development conference in Brisbane tomorrow, Friday, July 8.

7 July 2005

Herding dogs such as Border Collies and Australian cattle dogs are more likely to bark excessively than other classes of dogs, according to a new UQ study to be released at a Brisbane conference next week.

29 June 2005

The behaviour of an endangered group of wild cattle may hold some solutions for reducing stress in domesticated beef and dairy herds, according to a University of Queensland (UQ) academic.

29 September 2004

What does a 5000-year-old Ice Man, crime-solving mummies and life on other planets have in common?

26 May 2004

If Big Brother is watching all, who will watch him? We all can with next week's launch of Big Brother, the latest in a long stream of reality game shows appearing on Australian television.

24 April 2001

A study of endangered tigers in their natural Asian environment by two University of Queensland students culminated in a close-up experience with the big cats at Dreamworld, on the Gold Coast south of Brisbane today.

6 April 2001

Australia's 1998 University of the Year, the University of Queensland, is working closely with international partners to solve environmental management problems around the globe.

23 October 1998