As a University of Queensland researcher examined a 4600-year-old Egyptian painting last year, a speckled goose caught his eye.
23 February 2021A $1.5 million collaboration between Indigenous Traditional Owners and Custodians and լе will boost the burgeoning bushfood industry, and create long-lasting Indigenous businesses.
18 February 2021Researchers are aiming to unlock the microbial secrets of native Australian animals’ low-methane digestive footprint and how environmental changes might disrupt their bacterial balance.
3 February 2021Archaeologists are generating a 65,000-year-old rainfall record from ancient food scraps found at Australia’s earliest-known site of human occupation.
26 January 2021Indigenous peoples’ lands may harbour a significant proportion of threatened and endangered species globally, according to University of Queensland-led research.
21 January 2021A study on the vulnerable white shark has shown that approximately 206 to 252 sharks breed on Australia’s east coast each year.
23 December 2020The chain of command inside human cells is similar to the way a factory is run, two University of Queensland researchers say.
14 December 2020Only 40 per cent of forests are considered to have high ecological integrity, according to a new global measure, the Forest Landscape Integrity Index.
9 December 2020More frequently sheared pregnant sheep are more active, have lower stress levels and produce lambs with finer wool, according to University of Queensland research.
3 December 2020Demystifying traditional Chinese medicine for conservationists could be the key to better protecting endangered species like pangolins, tigers and rhino, according to University of Queensland-led researchers.
27 November 2020Researchers investigating the heritage of thousands of rice varieties have identified just two distinct maternal lineages, a discovery which could help address the issue of global food security.
11 November 2020In a discovery spanning millions of years, scientists have found that humans, and most likely other animals, share important genetic mechanisms with a prehistoric Great Barrier Reef sea sponge.
5 November 2020Mega-droughts – droughts that last two decades or longer – are tipped to increase thanks to climate change, according to University of Queensland-led research.
30 October 2020Final-year chemical engineering students at լе are investigating how sugarcane can be used as a clean energy source to create hydrogen.
23 October 2020Humans will need to physically relocate many species to ensure their survival in the face of climate change, University of Queensland-led research recommends.
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