Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
Project investigates migrating humpbacks in busy bay
Researchers, government and stakeholders take proactive approach to understand the behaviour of whales in Moreton Bay.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
Scientists call for chemical pollution monitoring in Antarctica to support global chemical policy
Research highlights chemical pollution monitoring frameworks lacking in Antarctic and Southern Ocean region.
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Bushfire fighting chemicals extinguish frog development
A new Griffith study has found that bushfire fighting chemicals commonly marketed as environmentally friendly can severely affect frog development
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
Researchers get the drop on new frog species
Frog resembling 'bird poo' among new species.
15 Life on Land
Changing landscapes alter disease-scapes: study
Researchers identify how vector-borne diseases in different environments respond to human pressures.
10 Reduced Inequalities
Earth’s poorest pay highest price for human-wildlife conflict
Research finds individuals farming with cattle in developing countries up to 8 times more vulnerable than those in developed economies.
Centre for Environment and Population Health
Terri Butler brought in to bat for Griffith’s Climate Ready Initiative
Former Federal MP, Terri Butler has joined Griffith’s Climate Ready Initiative (CRI) board, putting her sharp political faculties toward climate readiness and resilience.
Biodiversity
World-first innovation accelerates process to safeguard environment and wildlife
World-first data analysis platform, EcoCommons has been launched, transforming our ability to understand the impacts of the climate crisis on Australia’s environment and native species.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
Climate and human-driven habitat destruction alter bat behaviour and increase Hendra virus spillover risk
Data spanning 25 years explores impacts climate and land-use change have on bat behaviour and Hendra spillover.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
Study highlights overlooked hotspot of frog diversity
New Guinea home to around 7% of the world’s frogs in less than 1% of the world’s land area.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
20-year insect research to investigate the buzz around climate change
Griffith University researchers will head to Lamington National Park to recreate a 20-year-old study investigating the effects of climate change on insects.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
‘Stealth privatisation’ in national parks threatens mental health boosts
Research shows productivity gains of up to 11% for people who visit protected parks in Australia at least once a month.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
Decreasing backyard bird diversity flies under the radar
'Common' Aussie bird species experiencing declines in prevalence in urban areas.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
Elephant tweets highlight divide on conservation issues
Social media analysis highlights major threats to elephant conservation overshadowed.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
Bat urine reveals extended range for new Hendra virus variant
Griffith University researchers have discovered a new Hendra virus variant that may pass to horses and humans much more widely across Australia than previously known.
Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution
Ancient hand grenades: explosive weapons in medieval Jerusalem during Crusades
New analysis of residue reveals 11th-12th century ceramic vessels contained explosive material.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
On the countdown: citizen scientists fight to save species
Citizens join scientists to survey South-Eastern Glossy Black Cockatoos following 2019/2020 bushfires.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
Why COP26 fell so far short of expectations
Griffith University academics unpacked what was achieved at the Glasgow climate change summit and whether COP26 was failure.