Mating pair of Drosophila serrata. Credit: Antoine Morin

Too much male sexual attention harms attractive females, according to a new Australian and Canadian study on fruit flies.

26 June 2015

Eight up-and-coming University of Queensland researchers have been honoured with awards totalling $552,000 at the 2006 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards held at Brisbane Customs House.

20 September 2006

A UQ researcher is investigating the genetic triggers of key differences between males and females including longevity and particular disease rates.

18 September 2006

The perfume of fruit flies could hold the key to one of the big questions of evolution - how do new species arise?

20 October 2000