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  • Dr Patrick Smith and team looking for ancient fossils
    Explore magazine

    Explore podcast episode 1: Animal mysteries

    In this episode, ancient creatures of Central Australia are unearthed by Australian Museum palaeontolgist Patrick Smith, while back in the present, frog expert Jodi Rowley hunts for answers to explain the mass frog die-off that plagues the eastern states.

    Written by Alice Gage / Category Explore magazine / Published 26 May 2022
    Explore podcast
  • One Way Ticket to Hell 2012-2020
    Explore magazine

    Explore podcast episode 2: Unsettled - Our untold history revealed

    In this episode, Laura McBride – Wailwan and Kooma woman, and Director, First Nations at the Australian Museum – shares three important pieces from the AM’s award-winning exhibition, Unsettled.

    Written by Alice Gage / Category Explore magazine / Published 26 May 2022
    First Nations Explore Unsettled podcast
  • Dr Rocky de Nys and Sam Elsom from Sea Forest
    Explore magazine

    Explore podcast episode 3: Reasons for hope

    Tune in to this episode as we look to science, innovation and First Nations knowledges to learn how one young Australian is detoxifying the ocean and atmosphere, and what the world’s oldest link between humans and the land can teach us about managing the environment.

    Written by Alice Gage / Category Explore magazine / Published 26 May 2022
    Explore podcast
  • Tim O'Hara (Museums Victoria), Chief Scientist about the RV Investigator
    Explore magazine

    Explore podcast episode 4: The discovery of new species

    In the final episode of Explore season one, we head out into the field to discover how the Australian Museum’s Chief Scientist Professor Kris Helgen and palaeontologist Dr Patrick Smith identify new species, and what it means to add new branches to the Tree of Life.

    Written by Alice Gage / Category Explore magazine / Published 26 May 2022
    Explore AMRI podcast
  • Dr Patrick Smith standing atop fossilised Early Cambrian (520 million year old) stromatolites at Ross River Gorge
    Explore magazine

    Ancient fossils from Australia’s Red Centre

    Dr Patrick Smith's recent expedition to the Red Centre reveals a treasure trove of newly discovered fossils spanning more than 600 million years.

    Written by Dr Patrick Smith / Category Explore magazine / Published 25 May 2022
    Palaeontology Explore AMRI
  • Bush plum by Marion Cox (Gooniyandi). Australian Museum Collection, acquired 2021
    Explore magazine

    New acquisition: The Kimberley boab nut collection

    The Kimberley boab nut collection, newly acquired by Australian Museum, documents the practices, life events and stories of the people of the Kimberley region.

    Written by Jodie Dowd, First Nations Collections Officer / Category Explore magazine / Published 25 May 2022
    First Nations Explore
  • How many coral species? We thought we could tell by external appearance but molecular analysis suggests that we’ve been missing a lot.
    AMRI

    News from LIRS: 2022 Critical Research Grant awarded

    Each month, a selected blog from Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation (LIRRF) is featured at the AM. LIRRF supports scientific research & education at the AM’s Lizard Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef. For this month, we feature: 2022 Critical Research Grant awarded.

    Written by Dr Anne Hoggett / Category AMRI / Published 19 May 2022
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    International Museum Day 2022: The Power of Museums

    Today, Wednesday 18 May 2022, we celebrate International Museum Day.

    Written by Kim McKay, AO / Category At the Museum / Published 18 May 2022
  • Professor Julie Bines, winner of the 2021 Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research
    Science

    Meet the paediatric gastroenterologist reducing the burden of diarrhoeal disease

    In conversation with Professor Julie Bines, winner of the 2021 Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research.

    Category Science / Published 06 May 2022
    Eureka Prizes Infectious Diseases Research Women In Science
  • Newly described species. Left: Sepioloidea jaelae; Right: Sepioloidea virgilioi.
    AMRI

    Deep dark dumplings: Two new bottletail squids from New Zealand

    Decades after their discovery, two species of bottletail squid are finally formally described. Jae Santos at the Australian Museum tells us how these species differ from other squids, and the stages in bringing new species to light.

    Written by Jaever (Jae) Santos / Category AMRI / Published 06 May 2022
  • Dr Frank Köhler, Dr Isabel Hyman and Junn Foon on Lord Howe Island.
    AMRI

    Magnificent discoveries on Lord Howe Island

    A recent snail survey on Lord Howe Island was punctuated with shouts of excitement, as we found not one, not two, but three rarely seen species.

    Written by Dr Isabel Hyman / Category AMRI / Published 27 April 2022
  • Koala in the wild
    AMRI

    Future-proofing the koala: How museums can help protect an Australian icon

    The most comprehensive genetic assessment of koala populations to date has provided fascinating insights into how the species responded to past climate change, and highlights the critical role of museums in supporting ongoing conservation efforts.

    Written by Dr Matthew Lott, Dr Greta Frankham, Dr Mark Eldridge / Category AMRI / Published 20 April 2022
  • A Barrier Reef Anemonefish in its host anemone.
    AMRI

    News from LIRS: Damselfishes in colour

    Each month, a selected blog from Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation (LIRRF) is featured at the AM. LIRRF supports scientific research & education at the AM’s Lizard Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef. For this month, we feature: Damselfishes in colour.

    Written by Valerio Tettamanti / Category AMRI / Published 19 April 2022
  • AUSMAP, winner of the 2021 Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources Eureka Prize for Innovation in Citizen Science
    Science

    Meet the marine scientist developing ambassadors for behaviour change

    In conversation with Dr Michelle Blewitt, co-winner of the 2021 Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources Eureka Prize for Innovation in Citizen Science.

    Written by Kate Smith / Category Science / Published 14 April 2022
    Eureka Prizes Microplastics Citizen Science Marine Pollution
  • Sāmoan Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
    At the Museum

    Moana Toa: Pasifika female leadership series – The Hon. Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, Prime Minister of Sāmoa

    The Moana Toa series celebrates International Women’s Day by highlighting a selection of Pasifika women leaders and recognising their contribution towards gender equality.

    Written by Moemoana Schwenke / Category At the Museum / Published 13 April 2022
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AM in the News

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    2 May 2022
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    11 Apr 2022
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    25 Mar 2022
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The Australian Museum respects and acknowledges the Gadigal people as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the land and waterways on which the Museum stands.

Image credit: gadigal yilimung (shield) made by Uncle Charles Chicka Madden