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  • Jurassic Lounge Season 2 wrap-up

    Jurassic Lounge has wrapped up with over 1,900 attending our last night and well over 8,00 for Season 2.

    At the Museum
    Chanele Moss
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  • Field notes with ukelele

    Dr Nichola Raihani is a scientist at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London and she is last year's John and Laurine Proud Fellow. She has recently completed her third annual field season at Lizard Island. During her six-week visit, she and several others formed an impromptu bandn

    Science
    Anne Hoggett
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  • Welcome to the Jungle - Day 10

    Mountains, monsoons and mosquitoes: highlights from amphibian biologist Dr Jodi Rowley's diary of her recent field trip to Central Vietnam.

    Science
    Dr Jodi Rowley
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  • The Scott Sisters' Notebooks Revealed #2

    Read selected extracts from the notebooks of the most famous natural history illustrators working in Sydney in the nineteenth century.

    Museullaneous
    Vanessa Finney
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    Sketches by Mary Scott and Fanny Stirling, 1839

  • DAW: Day 4 White Shark

    DAW? Dangerous Animals Week, of course! We're featuring a different Aussie creature each day...

    At the Museum
    Jen Cork
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    White Shark, <i>Carcharodon carcharias</i>

  • Welcome to the Jungle - Day 9

    Mountains, monsoons and mosquitoes: highlights from amphibian biologist Dr Jodi Rowley's diary of her recent field trip to Central Vietnam. 

    Science
    Dr Jodi Rowley
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  • Multitouch Platforms

    Here's the lattest on multitouch technology.

    At the Museum
    Lynda Kelly
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  • Kudos from a visitor

    Here's some lovely feedback we received via our website that I thought I'd share.

    At the Museum
    Lynda Kelly
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  • DAW: Day 3 Honey Bee

    DAW? Dangerous Animals Week, of course! To celebrate our new Dangeroz app (available in the App Store Tuesday) we’re featuring a different Aussie creature each day...

    At the Museum
    Jen Cork
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    Honey Bee, Apis mellifera

  • Venomous vs. Poisonous

    Although these terms are often used interchangeably, there is a difference between organisms that are venomous and those that are poisonous.

    At the Museum
    Lynda Kelly
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    Cane Toad

  • Welcome to the Jungle - Day 8

    Mountains, monsoons and mosquitoes: highlights from amphibian biologist Dr Jodi Rowley's diary of her recent field trip to Central Vietnam. 

    Science
    Dr Jodi Rowley
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  • DAW Day 2: The Australian Magpie

    DAW? Dangerous Animals Week, of course! We're featuring a different animal each day.

    At the Museum
    Jen Cork
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    Australian Magpie

  • DAW, Day 1: The Red-bellied Black Snake

    DAW? Dangerous Animals Week, of course! To celebrate our new Dangeroz app we're featuring an Aussie creature each day...

    At the Museum
    Jen Cork
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  • How do you rate danger?

    Over the past several months we've been developing DangerOz, an app about dangerous Australian animals. How did we work out the Danger rating for each one?

    At the Museum
    Lynda Kelly
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    Funnel-web spider - <i>Atrax robustus </i>(female)

  • Welcome to the Jungle - Day 7

    Mountains, monsoons and mosquitoes: highlights from amphibian biologist Dr Jodi Rowley's diary of her recent field trip to Central Vietnam.

    Science
    Dr Jodi Rowley
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