JCU in the News

"Giant" spiders invading one of the world's largest cities sounds like the stuff of horror movies. Headlines in news outlets across the United States are warning of the "Joro spider". "Giant venomous spiders that can fly headed to East Coast," according ...

James Cook University researchers examining the spread of the monkeypox virus say its rapid global spread in 2022, after years of being confined to Central and West Africa, shows the need to remain vigilant against virus outbreaks wherever they occur. Pro...

By Reuters Ghost roads threaten Asian rainforest Where roads come, destruction follows Most went unmapped and unseen - until now Hopes grow that AI may speed detection By Marianne Bray HONG KONG, June 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Build a road...

A NEW tool to forecast coral diseases has been unveiled, providing environmental managers with disease risk predictions up to 12 weeks ahead and enabling them to proactively respond to disease outbreaks. James Cook University's Professor Scott Heron was p...

World-first research by scientists at an Australian university has been unable to solve the mystery of why some rats glow in the dark. The researchers, from Queensland's James Cook University, used the pelts of 36 dead rats to test if their glow-in-the-da...

Adelaide, Australia—Forget farmers. According to a groundbreaking new study, Cyprus was first colonized by resourceful hunter-gatherers thousands of years earlier than previously thought For decades, archaeologists believed the eastern Mediterranean islan...

Budding scientists from Western Cape College (WCC) are celebrating great results at the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) titration competition at James Cook University (JCU) in Cairns. Six of the school's highest-performing Year 10 STEM students...

Prior to the devastation of Cyclones Tracy and Althea in the 1970s, the idea of engineering buildings to withstand what society coined 'acts of God' was thought laughable. However, pioneers in wind engineering from James Cook University defied the odds to...

American field guide author, Roger Tory Peterson, at Currumbin Bird Sanctuary, 1971. Photo: ROGER TORY PETERSONMargie Maccoll Feeding wild birds draws mixed reaction from encouragement to absolute disapproval. Influential environmental, governmental and o...

Tens of thousands of dollars are being promised to junior doctors as part of the latest push to bring more GPs into the healthcare workforce. As part of the Queensland Labor government's $1.7bn healthcare commitment, they are allocating $40,000 paid over ...