Griffith University
A study investigating microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) in agricultural settings has found they reduced plant growth and entered plant tissues through the soil, raising new concerns about food safety and human exposure.
Edith Cowan University
Researchers from ECU's Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research are part of a major international study identifying urgent priorities for effective blue carbon conservation and restoration.
University of the Sunshine Coast
A natural compound made by Australian bees to seal their hives may help stop scarring in human skin after surgery, injury and burns, according to University of the Sunshine Coast researchers.
Griffith University
Colin Burke, a PhD Candidate within Griffith University’s Australian Rivers Institute, is leading a study to restore and reestablish critical aquatic vegetative habitat in the Brisbane River downstream of Wivenhoe Dam for the federally threatened Australian lungfish.
Griffith University
New research has revealed cocaine pollution can change how wild fish move through their environment, with juvenile Atlantic salmon swimming farther and dispersing more widely when exposed to concentrations found in polluted waterways.
Macquarie University
Scientists have discovered mosquitoes can act like tiny “flying wildlife surveyors”, helping researchers detect elusive and endangered animals in Australia’s national parks.
Charles Darwin University
An inaugural report from Australia's most comprehensive and detailed fire mapping database has found 2025 to be the second largest fire year in the past decade, driven by severe weather and storm-related ignitions.
Southern Cross University
A provocative new international study published in Austral Ecology warns the massive 'broadcast baiting' campaign currently used to combat Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA) in south-east Queensland may be doing more harm than good.
Charles Darwin University
A Charles Darwin University (CDU) research project exploring the impacts of climate change is using “art as evidence”, alongside traditional data, to convey the lived experience of First Nations communities in relation to this global crisis.
Murdoch University
Microalgae‑based architecture is gaining attention globally as a sustainable design solution, and the concept could soon become a reality in Western Australia.
Murdoch University
A major breakthrough has been achieved in the fight against the invasive polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB), Euwallacea fornicatus in Western Australia.
Charles Darwin University
A resurgence of illegal fishing in northern Australian waters is cause for environmental, biosecurity and social concern, and new research suggests the causes of this activity are increasingly complex.