The first thing Prof Craig Franklin does each day is check the whereabouts of 13 estuarine crocodiles, which are spread across Cape York in far north Qld.

17 December 2010
A plant in which the naturally hyperactive variant of the ACD6 gene has 
been inactivated: leaves grow more quickly, become larger and the leaves 
stay green longer. However, the plant is now susceptible to pathogens. 
(Image: Marco Todesco / Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology)

UQ scientists have helped uncover an evolutionary dilemma where plants that develop disease resistance pay a high price for this trait.

8 June 2010