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On the 150th anniversary of his unceremonious ejection from the Australian Museum, Gerard Krefft's legacy is honoured in a fascinating discussion and hosted by renowned journalist and author Peter Fitzsimons.

Explore the wonderful diversity of Antarctica and learn how experts are fighting to save this region from the devastating effects of climate change.

The outstanding 55 finalists for the 2024 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes have been announced today and feature remarkable scientific endeavour and achievement from across the nation.

Close to 800,000 Australian frog records now online and open access for conservation.

During the 2021 winter, frogs across eastern Australia experienced a mass mortality event. While we continue to investigate the cause and impact of these frog deaths, we need your help again this winter to report any sick or dead frogs.

The Australian Museum has recently acquired two examples of rare mineral species faceted as gemstones, Stibiotanatalite, antimony, tantalum, niobium oxide, and Tantalite-(Mn), manganese, tantalum oxide.

In 1858 the Australian Museum acquired William Swainson’s collection of books. The story behind the books and the man who collected them can now be explored in a new section of the AM website.

Renowned Pacific climate champion, Cynthia Houniuhi, tells her story of fighting for change in the world's highest court at Australian Museum’s Talbot Oration.

Evaluation of DNA from historical specimens and modern museum samples has enabled an untangling of the complex evolutionary history of four species of rock-wallabies, which are distributed across the Kimberley and Top End.

Citizen science data from the FrogID project helped document the distribution and advertisement call variability in five species of tree frog.

Macquarie University’s Dr Gillian Smith celebrates the architectural enormity of the Ramesside period with her exploration of Abu Simbel, the Ramesseum & Luxor’s Karnak Temple Complex.

Macquarie University’s Associate Professor Boyo Ockinga explores how Ramses II turned a military disaster at the Battle of Kadesh into a public relations.

An examination of DNA extracted from tree-kangaroo specimens in the Australian Museum collection has confirmed that the mysterious Dendrolagus deltae, described as a new species from southern New Guinea in 1936, is not a valid species but the result of some erroneous locality information.

The fifth mass bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef in the past eight years was declared in April 2024.

Join archaeologist Candace Richards for the fifth of our Saturday Lecture Series, where we explore the entwined histories of Egypt and early modern Australia, in an effort to understand how Egypt’s cultural heritage found its way Down Under.