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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AMRI
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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AMRI
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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AMRI
Searching for a seriously secretive frog species
Finding flood-loving forest frogs…..and a fungus?
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AMRI
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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AMRI
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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Museullaneous
Mary Soady - remembering an overlooked artist
Mary Soady's legacy is recalled through her illustrative work at the Australian Museum.
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AMRI
This month in Australian Archaeology
Join us each month, as Dr Amy Way discusses new research in Australian Archaeology.
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AMRI
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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AMRI
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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AMRI
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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AMRI
An unusual tree frog discovered in the mountains of Vietnam
New frogs, not summits, the aim of mountain-climbing biologists
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Museullaneous
Advertising the Australian Museum in the 1920's
Advertising the Australian Museum in the 1920's
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AMRI
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!
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AMRI
Hidden in plain sight: introducing the new subspecies of red-tailed black-cockatoo!
Scientists from AMRI, University of Sydney, University of Edinburgh and CSIRO conducted the first comprehensive genetic assessment of the red-tailed black-cockatoo across its entire distribution. The result is a new subspecies!
