Latest from the AM Blog
Writing from the frontiers of science, culture and education, as well as all the latest news from the Museum.
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The amazing detective story of an exotic worm’s journey
How did a worm in Japan also occur in France? And what do oysters have to do with it? Pat Hutchings and Nicolas Lavesque delve into the story of an exotic worm to find the answers.
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This month in Archaeology: Threatened by fire: The Blue Mountains’ rock art galleries
Less than 100 km to the west of Sydney, a phenomenal rock art record survives in thousands of Blue Mountains rock shelters. These rock art sites hold significant cultural and heritage values and high research potential.
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Back from the brink but still divided: enhancing resilience of genetic islands of the Lord Howe Woodhen
Although restricted to a 15 square kilometre island in the Southwest Pacific Ocean, populations of the endangered Lord Howe Island Woodhen are still maintaining social distancing.
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Searching for a seriously secretive frog species
Finding flood-loving forest frogs…..and a fungus?
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Worm Wizards of Oz: self-isolated, but connected
Dr Elena (Lena) Kupriyanova and her team from the “Worm Lab” (Marine Invertebrates) have been busy during this lockdown period. Have a look at what our scientists have been up to …
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Conservation Cold Case
What caused frog disappearances on the New England Tablelands 40 years ago?
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New species discovered with the help of fossil enthusiasts!
Reports of fossils at a local garbage tip garnered the attention of fossil enthusiasts; these enthusiasts went on to help museum scientists discover two new species of Australian trilobite.
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Mary Soady - remembering an overlooked artist
Mary Soady's legacy is recalled through her illustrative work at the Australian Museum.
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This month in Australian Archaeology
Join us each month, as Dr Amy Way discusses new research in Australian Archaeology.
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Islands in the sky: surveying the vertebrate fauna of Coolah Tops
Despite its high biodiversity and biogeographical interest, the fauna of Coolah Tops and the surrounding area is not well known. A recent Australian Museum Expedition to Coolah Tops helped close this gap, as our scientists found a diverse and intriguing fauna.
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Meet Africa’s first pygmy seahorse, the Sodwana pygmy seahorse
Seahorse scientists have identified a new pygmy seahorse species in Sodwana Bay, South Africa, the first of its kind found in African waters and the Indian Ocean.
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A closer look at spectacular red-eyed forest frogs reveals a new species
A charismatic frog with bright red upper eyes emerges from the forests of Cambodia and Vietnam as new to science.
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An unusual tree frog discovered in the mountains of Vietnam
New frogs, not summits, the aim of mountain-climbing biologists
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Advertising the Australian Museum in the 1920's
Advertising the Australian Museum in the 1920's
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The Devil in the Detail
The Royal Australian Mint recently released their commemorative coin series. One of the designs was based on this handsome devil, an Australian Museum specimen!
