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At the Museum
Deep Oceans - A word from prep…
For our Deep Oceans exhibition, Angus Adameitis and our prep team are building a full scale replica of Otis Barton and William Bebee's Bathysphere.
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At the Museum
Deep Oceans – Viewed from the 'Globe'
While building the Deep Oceans exhibition, we’ve had to come up with ways of effectively demonstrating the vastness, as well as the conditions of the Deep Oceans.
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Science
Sawfish saw in action
This movie clip shows a sawfish feeding. Sawfishes can slash from side to side with the rostrum to stun, impale or even cut prey fishes in half. The rostrum can also pin fishes to the substrate where they are ingested.
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Science
Larval basslet movies
Fishes of the genus Liopropoma have have extremely long ornate second and third dorsal fin spines during their pelagic larval phase. This ornamentation is lost when the larvae metamophose during the transition between open water habitat and the reefs where Liopropoma species liv
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Science
Corals of Kosrae - The Island of the Sleeping Lady
Dr Zoe Richards has just returned from an expedition to Kosrae, Micronesia, where she was surveying coral biodiversity. In this post, she describes her scuba diving surveys beneath the Island of the Sleeping Lady.
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Science
Corals of Kosrae - The Lelu Ruins
Dr Zoe Richards has just returned from an expedition to Kosrae, Micronesia, where she was surveying coral biodiversity. In this post, she shares her experiences at the ancient and fascinating Lelu ruins.
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Science
Larval whalefish at Apo Island
It is exceedingly rare to see a juvenile whalefish (a tapetail) in shallow water.
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Science
'Water squirting' Common Lionfish
This video is quite amazing; It shows an unusual feeding strategy employed by Common Lionfish.
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At the Museum
Deep Oceans - Meet Mr Anglerfish
Progress on the Deep Oceans exhibition is swimming along at a cracking pace...
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Museullaneous
From local to ubiquitous: online producers and museum outreach
The opportunities offered by the web are forcing some museums to rethink how they provide content. Museum professional Irene Rubino interviews Michael Hugill about an emerging museum profession: the online producer.
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Science
DigiVol: Volunteers have their say
Andrew and Duncan are volunteers on the digitisation project, called DigiVol, who both provide interesting commentary on life behind the scenes in the digitisation lab.
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At the Museum
Point and shoot #3 - Understanding People
Museum photographers Carl Bento and James King on the power and practice of photography. This week, it's 'understanding people'...
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Education
Alight at night: Why office buildings keep their lights on at night
In a day and age when saving energy is of high importance, there must be a valuable explanation for why office buildings keep their lights on at night.
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Museullaneous
Frogs Field Guide – Explore frogs!
The Museum's new Frogs Field Guide app out now and has some great features, creating a unique experience for those interested in discovering more about frogs. Read on to Explore frogs!
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Museullaneous
Frogs Field Guide – deciding on a platform
When developing the Frogs Field Guide we planned to build the app for both iOS and Android platforms.
