16 June 2026

World-first catch: new shark species

Australia; Pacific; WA University of the Sunshine Coast,Western Australian Museum Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation

16 June 2026

Sharing is caring: people who live together share more gut and mouth bacteria

Pacific; International University of Trento, Italy Cell Press Blue

12 June 2026

Low-cost mental health tool helps refugees in limbo

Australia; Pacific; NSW; VIC The University of New South Wales,The University of Melbourne JMIR Mental Health

9 June 2026

A simple fix for a growing ocean threat: cost-effective way to protect marine ecosystems from invasive species

Australia; Pacific; VIC; WA Edith Cowan University,Deakin University iScience

4 June 2026

Majestic manta rays dive deep to survive

Australia; Pacific; QLD University of the Sunshine Coast PLOS One

2 June 2026

Nanoparticles boost delivery of lung cancer drugs 30-fold

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; International; SA Adelaide University Journal of Controlled Release

26 May 2026

The hidden impacts of scuba-diving tourism on coral reefs

Australia; Pacific; NSW The University of Sydney,Princeton University Conservation Letters

21 May 2026

Genes without borders: coral babies can travel vast distances across the Pacific Ocean

Australia; Pacific; NSW; QLD Southern Cross University,Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS),The University of Queensland,Great Barrier Reef Foundation,Sorbonne Université (France) Current Biology

13 May 2026

WHO says we are unlikely to hit health and health-related sustainable development goals by 2030 target

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; International World Health Organisation, Switzerland World Health Statistics 2026

5 May 2026

Safeguarding children in childcare: Teacher confidence key to addressing trauma

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; International; SA Adelaide University The Australian Educational Researcher

Expert Reaction

5 May 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Decades of deep sea mining research shows threat to seafloor creatures

New Zealand; Pacific; International Earth Sciences New Zealand,Natural History Museum, UK Current Biology

23 April 2026

Turmeric could be a golden opportunity for Fiji

Pacific Fiji National University (FNU),Tabua Farm, Fiji; Ministry of Agriculture & Waterways, Fiji New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

2 April 2026

Five minutes of binaural beats gets people in the mood to meditate

Pacific University of the South Pacific, Fiji PLOS One

31 March 2026

These Fijian islands could be powered by wind

Pacific University of Fiji,Fiji National University (FNU) Royal Society Open Science

26 March 2026

Tropical archaeology: advanced dating method reveals age of Pacific coral architecture

Australia; Pacific; NSW The University of Sydney Antiquity

20 March 2026

Women’s voices are critical to tackling multiple health risks for mothers and babies

Australia; Pacific; VIC Burnet Institute,The University of Melbourne,Monash University Med

18 March 2026

Why 4 in 10 children in Papua New Guinea miss vaccinations

Australia; Pacific; NSW; VIC; WA Burnet Institute,The University of Melbourne,The University of New South Wales,Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney,Curtin University,Monash University,Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) BMJ Public Health

13 March 2026

The unpaid ‘linguistic labour’ of Pacific nurses

New Zealand; Pacific Fiji National University (FNU),University of Auckland,Pacific Perspectives Ltd, NZ New Zealand Medical Journal

Expert Reaction

5 March 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Coastal sea levels may be higher than previously thought

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; International Wageningen University and Research (The Netherlands) Nature Geoscience

3 March 2026

Breast cancer rates remain high worldwide, but cases in Australia have dropped since 1990

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; International The Lancet Oncology

3 March 2026

The 30 by 30 conservation targets could harm small-scale fishing communities

Australia; Pacific; NSW; QLD; TAS James Cook University,University of Tasmania,The University of New South Wales,The University of the South Pacific,Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS),Ecological Solutions Solomon Islands, Pacific Community, New Caledonia, World Wide Fund for Nature, Solomon Islands, Talanoa Consulting, Solomon Islands, Blue Prosperity, Fiji, The Nature Conservancy, Solomon Islands Cell Reports Sustainability

28 February 2026

As whale populations recover, older males sing more

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific University of Auckland,Curtin University,University of St Andrews (UK), Opération Cétacés and IRD (New Caledonia) Current Biology

27 February 2026

Immune blueprint for next-generation malaria vaccines

Australia; Pacific; VIC Burnet Institute,WEHI,Monash University,The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity,The University of Melbourne Immunity

13 February 2026

These 3 vaccines could save lives across the Pacific, but they would blow vaccine budgets by up to 775%

Australia; Pacific; VIC; WA The University of Melbourne,Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI),The Kids Research Institute Australia,UNICEF Pacific Islands Office, Fiji, Ministry of Health, Tonga, Ministry of Health, Tuvalu, Ministry of Health, Samoa PLOS Medicine

13 February 2026

Discrimination linked to fewer medical visits for Pacific Rainbow+ patients

New Zealand; Pacific University of Auckland,University of Waikato,Unitec New Zealand,F’INE Pasifika Aotearoa Trust New Zealand Medical Journal

11 February 2026

Record rates of ear disease discovered in PNG children

Australia; Pacific; International; SA; WA; NT The Kids Research Institute Australia,The University of Western Australia,Curtin University,Charles Darwin University,South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI),Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research Lancet Regional Health

10 February 2026

Bin chicken's mysterious ancestor in Hawaii

Australia; Pacific; International; SA Flinders University,University of Lethbridge (Canada) Integrative and Comparative Biology

30 January 2026

Mapping the toxins in seafood that can cause food poisoning

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; NSW Cawthron Institute,NSW Government,University of Technology Sydney (UTS),Institut Louis Malardé, French Polynesia, Kōrero O Te `Ōrau, Cook Islands, Mauke, Cook Islands PLOS One

29 January 2026

Microplastics found in one in three fish around remote Pacific Islands

Pacific The University of the South Pacific,Pacific Islands Climate Action Network, Fiji Ministry of Fisheries and Forestry, Vanuatu Fisheries Department, Tonga Ministry of Fisheries, Tuvalu Fisheries Department PLOS One

Briefing

22 January 2026

NEWS BRIEFING: World's oldest rock art holds clues to early human migration to Australia

Australia; Pacific; NSW; QLD Griffith University,Southern Cross University,Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Nature

23 December 2025

Homophobia takes its toll on the well-being of LGBTQ+ people

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; International UNAIDS Nature Human Behaviour

Briefing

19 December 2025

NEWS BRIEFING: Dengue outbreak warning tool tackles growing threat to Australia

Australia; Pacific; NSW; QLD Southern Cross University,The University of Queensland,Yale School of Public Health Nature Communications

15 December 2025

Fisheries danger zones for seabirds across South Pacific Ocean revealed

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; QLD University of the Sunshine Coast,The University of Queensland Biological Conservation

27 November 2025

The famous Easter Island statues were likely carved without central management

Pacific; International Binghamton University, USA PLOS One

25 November 2025

Volcanic bubbles help foretell the fate of coral in more acidic seas

Australia; Pacific; International; QLD; WA Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS),The University of Western Australia Communications Biology

20 November 2025

The rate of violence against women has barely changed in 25 years

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; International World Health Organization (WHO)