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Associate Professor Jacqueline Stephens As record-breaking heat grips communities worldwide and Australia prepares for an intense El Niño summer, new research provides the first global review linking high temperatures and heatwaves to poorer mental health in children and young people. Published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, the findings show that adverse mental health outcomes increase […]

Scenic Rim Viral bird song shines spotlight on one of the Scenic Rim’s most colourful locals (and it’s cousin) Look at their beautiful colours ……. One minute it was a seven-year-old boy singing about a bird he spotted on holidays. Next minute it’s gone viral around the world. Seven-year-old Miles Phillips’ catchy song Eastern Rosellas has racked […]

Junonia villida, image credit Dr Shawan Chowdhury Monash University Monash‑led research has revealed that one in ten butterfly species globally has shifted its distribution range, with climate change and extreme weather driving nearly 80 per cent of documented movements. The study, the largest of its kind, analysed 6,182 range‑shift records for 1,758 species across 105 […]