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  • Tasmanian Boobook (Ninox leucopsis)
    AMRI

    Whose hoot? Identity of unknown owl revealed

    Excitement stirred when a small unidentified owl was found dead on Lord Howe Island; Australian Museum scientists have now identified the wayward individual.

    Written by Dr Leah Tsang, Dr Mark Eldridge, Dr Greta Frankham / Category AMRI / Published 30 August 2022
  • Banded Iron Formation BIF May 2022
    Explore magazine

    New acquisition: A rock that is 2.5 billion years old

    A spectacular specimen has been acquired for the AM’s upcoming Minerals exhibition.

    Written by Ross Pogson / Category Explore magazine / Published 29 August 2022
    AMRI FrogID Jodi Rowley Herpetology Dead frog
  • ASSI Recognition Day Video Recording 16 August 2022
    At the Museum

    Australian South Sea Islander Recognition Week: An interview with Emelda Davis and Dr Sonya Pearce

    Last week the Pasifika team were fortunate enough to sit with Sydney City Councillor, Emelda Davis, and Dr Sonya Pearce to hear their stories and celebrate the Australian South Sea Islander story: 175 years ago, to now and well into the future.

    Written by Taofia Pelesasa / Category At the Museum / Published 25 August 2022
    First Nations Pacific Culture Pasifika
  • 'Three Cultures’ Piece acknowledging Dylan Mooney'ss Torres Strait, Aboriginal & Australian South Sea Island heritage
    At the Museum

    Australian South Sea Islander Recognition Week: An interview with Dylan Mooney

    Alongside the Australian South Sea Islander community, the Australian Museum stand in solidarity with our Pasifika kinfolk in recognising 175 years of the Australian South Sea Island peoples and their stories.

    Written by Taofia Pelesasa / Category At the Museum / Published 22 August 2022
    First Nations Pacific Culture Pasifika
  • A pair of Peron’s Tree Frogs (Litoria peronii) attempting to mate beside a suburban pond
    AMRI

    Citizen science reveals the breeding seasons of frogs is longer in the city

    Human activity is causing frogs to breed earlier and for longer. What does this mean for the future of frogs?

    Written by Gracie Liu / Category AMRI / Published 12 August 2022
  • Burra Photoshoot July 2022
    At the Museum

    It’s official – the Australian Museum has more visitors than ever before!

    Ever since I became the Australian Museum’s (AM) Director and CEO, I’ve wanted to see the AM full of happy visitors bubbling with life - and it’s brilliant to have some good news to share.

    Written by Kim McKay, AO / Category At the Museum / Published 11 August 2022
  • Nights at the Museum 23 June 2022 - Wan Sol Moana (One Ocean) - Pasifika
    At the Museum

    Youth Reconnection Project 2022

    The Australian Museum's Pasifika team have re-trialed the Pacific Youth Reconnection Project to evaluate how we can develop and expand these cultural workshops for Pasifika youth today.

    Written by Moemoana Schwenke / Category At the Museum / Published 28 July 2022
    First Nations Pacific Culture Sāmoa
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    At the Museum

    An important update about the Australian Museum’s email marketing service provider

    The Australian Museum has been advised by our email marketing service provider, WordFly, that it is currently experiencing a global network outage due to a recent cybersecurity incident.

    Category At the Museum / Published 28 July 2022
  • Video capture of the Octopus Pair at Lizard Island.
    AMRI

    News from LIRS: Octopus pair at Lizard Island

    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. This month, we feature: Octopus pair at Lizard Island.

    Written by Dr Andy Lewis / Category AMRI / Published 26 July 2022
  • Coppery Ring-Tailed Possum - the world's biggest ring-tailed possum.
    AMRI

    New Guinean flightless mammals: Overlooked diversity

    An international project combines community ecology, phylogenetics & morphology to uncover and describe the cryptic species of Mount Wilhelm, the highest mountain of Papua New Guinea. Hundreds of New Guinean flightless mammals have been sampled – visiting researcher František Vejmělka tells us more.

    Written by František Vejmělka / Category AMRI / Published 18 July 2022
  • Australian Museum Team - National Winner 2022 Museums and Galleries National Awards (MAGNAs)
    At the Museum

    Hard work paying off

    The Australian Museum received four awards including the major overall award for Unsettled at the Australian Museum and Galleries Association (AMaGA) national conference.

    Written by Kim McKay, AO / Category At the Museum / Published 14 July 2022
  • Kiribati guests standing with the Kiribati body armour displayed in the 200 Treasures of the Australian Museum.
    At the Museum

    Happy Independence Day Kiribati

    The Australian Museum celebrates alongside Kiribati as they celebrate Independence Day on 12 July.

    Written by Moemoana Schwenke / Category At the Museum / Published 12 July 2022
    First Nations Pacific Culture Sāmoa
  • The newly described species Hunter Valley Delma (Delma vescolineata).
    AMRI

    A New South Wales first! New species of legless lizard discovered in the Hunter Valley

    Found just two hours out of Sydney, a team of Australian Museum scientists have described the Hunter Valley Delma – the first legless lizard species endemic to NSW.

    Written by Stephen Mahony / Category AMRI / Published 11 July 2022
  • Australian Museum Burra Opening event
    At the Museum

    Let’s learn in many ways

    The Australian Museum's new multimillion state of the art Burra (eel) learning space aims to take children on a journey within many cultures and sciences to learn the stories, practices and goals we have of looking after this beautiful country we call home.

    Written by Kim McKay, AO / Category At the Museum / Published 08 July 2022
  • The Crucifix Frog (Notaden bennettii), one of 248 frog species whose distribution maps have been updated for the Australian Frog Atlas. The new map for this species incorporates two large extensions of its previously known range
    AMRI

    Australian Frog Atlas: Revealing the true distributions of Australia’s frogs with the help of citizen scientists

    The most detailed maps of Australia’s frogs have now been produced and are open access for frog research and conservation.

    Written by Tim Cutajar, Christopher Portway, Grace Gillard, Dr Jodi Rowley / Category AMRI / Published 29 June 2022
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AM in the News

  • AM free entry with Minerals Gallery highlight  Channel 9 - A Current Affair
    26 Dec 2022
  • ‘Remarkable Australian story’: Tiny Jurassic teeth rewrite history of mammals  The Sydney Morning Herald
    16 Dec 2022
  • There was one clear winner in Sydney’s battle of the museums  The Sydney Morning Herald
    28 Nov 2022
  • FrogID Week needs citizen scientists to record frog calls in the name of conservation  ABC News
    14 Nov 2022
  • Ancient stone tools uncovered on Norfolk Island by Australian archaeologists will rewrite history  Australian Geographic
    29 Oct 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.

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