Blog archive:
April 2018

It's taken some serious investigation across three countries to solve some 150 year old mysteries about two Australian frog species.

Citizen science data is valuable for assessing avian biodiversity metrics within urban greenspaces

Kim McKay and Charles Wooley ponder the beautiful platypus rug and what it tells us about the changing attitudes towards our native fauna.

Solving the mystery of the museum's moa.

The Antarctic bristle worms Ophryotrocha orensanzi, were shown to be circumpolar, thus challenging some generally held opinions.

The influence of this simple stone object stretched all the way to the Pacific, where this story takes a sudden, violent twist.

The identification of an unusual flying-fox found in Sydney raised more questions than answers

Charles Wooley reveals the tragic tale of the death of the last wild thylacine.

The AM team traversed 3000 kilometres in two weeks to bring science to 350 students from Dubbo to Broken Hill.

Despite their proven predilection for carbohydrates, when the weather changes so does the diet of inner-city ibis.

Sandy beaches are a great ecological unknown. Who knew?

How small brown frogs are helping us understand the drivers of biodiversity in Asia.

In the 1940s, naturalist Mel Ward created the Gallery of Natural History and Native Art in the Blue Mountains, exhibiting some 25,000 crabs.