UQ researchers have uncovered the secrets of the monarch butterfly’s distinct orange colour.

A gene responsible for building muscle tissue in monarch butterflies is the key to their annual mass migration, according to a study from an international team of researchers.

7 October 2014

The University of Queensland congratulates 11 researchers named as 2011-2012 Queensland International Fellows.

27 June 2012

Mathematics, statistics and supercomputing are fundamental tools in managing Australia's unpredictable ecological systems, according to a new UQ professor.

27 July 2000

Assassin bugs, biting midges, parasitic wasps and mosquitoes are some of the insects to be hotly discussed at the first of two entomological conferences in Brisbane this month.

24 September 1998

The bearded dragon is one of the most common lizards along Australia's eastern coastal region ? and this is exactly what makes it a rarity in the eyes of University of Queensland researcher Andrew Amey.

23 September 1998

Researchers and students at the University of Queensland are being given a unique insight into the micro-world of plants and insects thanks to the latest in computer technology.

28 July 1998

University researchers are investigating a caterpillar of a rare Queensland butterfly which appears to have the unusual ability to mimic its' host ants' odour so as to infiltrate ant nests and consume their young.

5 March 1997