Latest from the AM Blog
Writing from the frontiers of science, culture and education, as well as all the latest news from the Museum.
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AMRI
Fossil evidence sheds light on why whales and dolphins have large brains
An international team of palaeontologists, led by AMRI and UNSW’s Dr Matthew McCurry, shed light on why whales and dolphins have such large brains – with the help of Baleen Whale fossils.
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AMRI
Which frogs are best equipped to survive the human world?
We rank Australia’s frog species based on how likely they are to persist in human modified habitats – with some surprising results!
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AMRI
This month in Archaeology: 2020-21 AMF/AMRI Visiting Research Fellow on the Rock Art Recovery Project
Wayne Brennan, a 2020-21 AMF/AMRI Visiting Research Fellow, discusses how scientists and Aboriginal communities work together on the Rock Art Recovery Project - two ways walking together side by side.
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Explore magazine
The Australian Museum Magazine turns 100
After a controversial beginning, the Australian Museum Magazine has reached 100 years of continuous publication, with the historic latest issue a timely fit for the milestone.
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At the Museum
Scientist for a Day: Malacologist
Over two sold-out days during the April 2021 school holidays, budding malacologists were hosted by Australian Museum staff in the ever-popular Scientist for a Day (SFAD) program.
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AMRI
News from LIRS: 2021 Coral bleaching at Lizard Island
Each month, a selected blog from Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation will be featured at the AM. For this inaugural month, we feature the 2021 Coral bleaching at Lizard Island blog, by Dr Anne Hoggett.
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AMRI
A Sutton Hoo ship rivet, the Australian Museum and a War Hero
As a result of the new film on Netflix, The Dig, there has been renewed interest in the Anglo-Saxon ship burial site, Sutton Hoo. We have found a surprising link between the 1400-year-old Sutton Hoo burial, the Australian Museum, and a WWII war hero.
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AMRI
The hunt for the not-so-elusive dung beetle
Last month, Dr Chris Reid and Aidan Runagall-McNaull arrived in Northeast NSW to determine the impacts of the 2019-20 bushfires on dung beetle populations. Now nearing the end of their fieldwork, there is some good news to report.
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AMRI
A journey through time and place in search of a snake
How was the Australian Keelback snake (Tropidonophis mairii) named? A historical investigation has led to the identification of where the snake came from – but with a twist.
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AMRI
A new species of tiny horned frog found at the top of a mist-shrouded mountain
An international team from Vietnam, the UK and Australia set off on a mission to find Critically Endangered frog species in the Hoang Lien Range in northern Vietnam – and on the way, they found a species new to science!
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At the Museum
Vale Chief Jerry Taki Uminduru, southern Erromango, Vanuatu
The recent passing of Chief Jerry Taki Uminduru, (1942- 2021) a Vanuatu Cultural Centre Fieldworker from southern Erromango Island, has brought great sadness to everyone who had the privilege of knowing and working with him.
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AMRI
Australian abyssal worms: research reveals the unnamed species living in our deep-sea environments
A recently published international study including 30 authors from 19 institutions, led by the Australian Museum, has indicated that over 50 new species of marine worm from the eastern Australian abyss await to be described and named.
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AMRI
A tiny frog with tusks rediscovered on the New England Tablelands and North West Slopes of eastern Australia
All is not lost for an endangered population of frogs – the Tusked frog (Adelotus brevis) of the New England Tablelands and Nandewar regions has been rediscovered after fears of their extinction.
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At the Museum
Celebrating Women of the AM
Today is a significant day for the Australian Museum. On this International Women’s Day, the AM has announced the first Indigenous appointment to the AM’s executive leadership team, as we welcome Laura McBride as Director, First Nations.
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AMRI
Drought, dung and destruction
Dung beetles may not be the first animals to come to mind when thinking about the organisms impacted by the 2019-20 intense bushfires - but perhaps they should. We were recently in Northeast NSW to determine the impacts on dung beetle populations.
