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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)
19 November 2025

Social media use soars as kids drop sport, reading and the arts

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; International; SA University of South Australia JAMA Open Network
19 November 2025

Opportunities to improve support for cancer survivors across Western Pacific

Australia; Pacific; NSW; VIC; SA Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,Flinders University,The University of Melbourne,The University of New South Wales The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
12 November 2025

Leading through crises: Key lessons from school principals

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific Edith Cowan University School Leadership and Management
Expert Reaction
21 October 2025

EXPERT REACTION: Rising HIV cases in Fiji

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; International
Expert Reaction
9 October 2025

EXPERT Q&A: Pacific climate adaptation research in focus

New Zealand; Pacific; International
3 October 2025

Deep-sea mining threatens sharks, rays, and ghost sharks

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; International; TAS National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA),University of Tasmania,University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, USA Current Biology
29 September 2025

‘Alarming’ rise in newborn babies with antibiotic-resistant infections

Australia; Pacific; NSW The University of Sydney The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific
22 September 2025

Leopard shark sex tape: a scientific first

Australia; Pacific; QLD University of the Sunshine Coast Journal of Ethology
12 September 2025

Island ant communities show signs of unseen ‘insect apocalypse’

Australia; Pacific; ACT The Australian National University Science
Expert Reaction
20 August 2025

Anti-climate beliefs stronger in Australia and New Zealand, global survey suggests

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; International The University of Queensland,Yale University (US), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Republic of Korea), University of Colorado (US) Nature Climate Change
19 August 2025

Australian voyage to investigate Tonga’s eruption of the century

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; TAS University of Tasmania
18 August 2025

The world has seen a decrease in suicides over the past 30 years

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; International Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, South Korea Nature Mental Health
16 August 2025

Richer countries pay less for their medicines

Australia; Pacific; International Brown University, USA JAMA Health Forum
13 August 2025

Weekend habits linked to new sleep disorder trend: ‘Social Apnea’

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; International; SA Flinders University American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
12 August 2025

Coral research uncovers exciting new-to-science species hidden in plain sight

Australia; Pacific; NSW; QLD Queensland Museum,University of Technology Sydney (UTS),James Cook University,Kōrero O Te ‘Ōrau, Cook Islands; Ministry of Fisheries, Tongatapu, Tonga. Invertebrate Systematics
7 August 2025

Hop back in time to find a new Aussie relative of New Guinea’s forest-wallaby

Australia; Pacific; SA Flinders University Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology.
7 August 2025

440 deaths in LA were likely an indirect result of the January wildfires

Pacific; International Paper 1: University of Helsinki, Finland. Paper 2: New York University, USA. Paper 3: University of Hawaii, USA JAMA, JAMA Network Open
31 July 2025

Life 'flourishing' many kilometres deep in the Pacific ocean

New Zealand; Pacific; International Victoria University of Wellington,National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA),Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, China Nature
Expert Reaction
30 July 2025

EXPERT REACTION: Magnitude 8.8 quake east of Russia

New Zealand; Pacific; International
29 July 2025

Risk of deadly diarrhoeal diseases in children set to worsen as climate changes

Australia; Pacific; SA; WA Flinders University,The Kids Research Institute Australia,The University of Western Australia Environmental Research
24 July 2025

How are Pacific Islander communities adapting to climate change?

Australia; Pacific; VIC; QLD The University of Melbourne,CSIRO,The University of Queensland PLOS Climate
22 July 2025

New stingray species found at Fiji fish market

Australia; Pacific The University of the South Pacific,CSIRO Journal of Fish Biology
26 June 2025

Coral-eating starfish’s scent could help protect coral on Great Barrier Reef

Australia; Pacific; QLD University of the Sunshine Coast,Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) iScience
26 June 2025

Pacific’s oldest rice found in remote cave

Australia; Pacific; ACT The Australian National University Science Advances
26 June 2025

Kava plays an important role in Pacific life, but what do we know about it?

Australia; Pacific; NSW National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC),The University of New South Wales Drug and Alcohol Review
Expert Reaction
19 June 2025

Samoan traditional healers' holistic approach, diet expertise, and spirituality attract patients

New Zealand; Pacific Massey University Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online
Expert Reaction
18 June 2025

All we know of Aotearoa's underwater continent, Zealandia

New Zealand; Pacific GNS Science New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
16 June 2025

This Aussie bird flew from Australia to Papua New Guinea in 38h without stopping

Australia; Pacific; NSW CSIRO Pacific Conservation Biology
9 June 2025

Giant plankton could help coral fight climate change

Australia; Pacific; QLD Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Ecology
Expert Reaction
9 June 2025

EXPERT REACTION: Dengue in the Pacific region

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific
Expert Reaction
9 June 2025

EXPERT REACTION: Hopes for UN Ocean Conference

New Zealand; Pacific; International

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