A researcher in PPE doing field work with a possum. The possum is looking out from a hollow log.

Environment and sustainability

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a view across a coral reef with a cylinder hanging from a cable above it

The Great Barrier Reef has a microbiome too

23 July 2026
A brown mosquito bites into a person's skin against a black backdrop
Analysis

Google wants to release 16 million sterile mozzies. Our Australian tests offer a valuable lesson

21 July 2026
Dry yellow grain fields against a blue sky
Analysis

Aboriginal people harvested this native grass for millennia. Scientists have now found an odd trait in its DNA

17 July 2026
two small large-eyed grey gliders are held in a hand

Data shows biggest danger to wildlife is people, not cats

15 July 2026
three snorkellers wearing big flippers are swimming down towards some coral with cameras held in front of them

From birdsong to galaxies: unleashing the potential of citizen science

7 July 2026
A self-driving Tesla Model Y driving autonomously on a country road.
Opinion

We took a self‑driving car on the road for 100 days to see how it handled itself – these are the mistakes it kept making

6 July 2026
a tadpole swimming near green leaves

Sunburn could put the future of frogs at risk

3 July 2026
a koala with a tracking collar is holding onto a tree trunk

UQ banking on a future for koala diversity

2 July 2026
Researchers examining a drone after a test flight in a quarry

UQ geoscientists give wings to Horizon Europe-backed tech

1 July 2026
Laboratory worker wearing protective glasses and blue gloves examining a sealed multi-well sample plate inside a sterile cabinet, with additional plates arranged on the work surface.

‘Super fungi’ offer greener path to recover critical minerals

23 June 2026