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With its rich coastal waters and diverse coral reef habitats, the Henchun Peninsula in southern Taiwan proved the perfect backdrop for the 2026 Asia CoralWatch Ambassador Workshops held earlier this year in May.

The University of Queensland’s Dr Nur Arafeh-Dalmau has been awarded a prestigious international fellowship to map the ocean’s last remaining climate refugia — places where kelp forests continue to survive despite rising ocean temperatures.

Researchers have identified a new type of visual cell in deep-sea fish larvae that challenges a century of knowledge about vertebrate visual systems.

Congratulations to The University of Queensland's Sienna Blankensee, announced as one of 3 fellows selected for the Ice Narratives: Antarctic Science for Policy Makers programme.

University of Queensland hearing tests conducted across kilometres of ocean off the Sunshine Coast show humpback whales react to higher frequency sounds than expected.

An international team of scientists has uncovered evidence glaciers in the Southern and Northern hemispheres were synchronous during the last ice age.

A stunning new picture book, co-created by a UQ researcher, is teaching young people about the environmental crisis and conservation.

A world-renowned symposium to understand, protect, and harness the potential of marine life in the Western Pacific has just successfully wrapped up at The University of Queensland.

A University of Queensland-led team have discovered that even highly migratory species like tuna and other large pelagic fish consistently return to the same ocean hotspots to spawn year after year, highlighting critical areas that can be safeguarded from extractive practices through ocean management practices.

Liana van Woesik, PhD Candidate in the School of the Environment, shares details of a recent writing workshop at O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat in Lamington National Park.

UQ’s Heron Island Research Station (HIRS) recently hosted 8 Traditional Custodians from the Bailai, Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang and Taribelang Bunda Elders Council.

Work to combat coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish across the Great Barrier Reef is working even under increasing environmental pressures, according to an assessment by University of Queensland researchers.

University of Queensland surveys reveal the peak of the southern migration of humpback whales down the east Australian coast is now weeks earlier than it was 21 years ago, and a warming Southern Ocean may be the reason.

Each time University of Queensland Associate Professor Chris Roelfsema sets foot on the sun-bleached timber jetty of Heron Island, the Dutch national feels like he’s come home.

Understanding how far Great Barrier Reef corals are from their parents could be key to identifying and protecting at risk populations, University of Queensland research has found.

University of Queensland researchers have begun the state’s first study of White’s Seahorses to save them from extinction.

Ahead of this week’s crucial United Nations ocean conference, federal Environment Minister Murray Watt promised that by 2030, 30% of Australian waters would be “highly protected”.

Like us humans, many animals rely on social interactions to survive and thrive. As a result, effective communication between individuals is essential.

Scientists have launched an interactive global map to show the migratory patterns of more than 100 marine species in an effort to protect at-risk wildlife.

From the enormous blue whale to the delicate monarch butterfly, animals of all shapes and sizes migrate across the globe.