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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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.
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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.
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At the Museum
Happy Independence Day Kiribati
The Australian Museum celebrates alongside Kiribati as they celebrate Independence Day on 12 July.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Unravelling the frog diversity of Gondwanan rainforests
Continuing research in rainforests of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland has recently resulted in the scientific description of two unique frog species.
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It’s CSI – frogs edition and we need you!
Check your frog photos for frog-biting flies and submit them to our study to help us develop a new, DNA based frog detection method.
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News from LIRS: Learning from the cleaners and their clients
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: Learning from the cleaners and their clients.
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Bones of contention
In a fierce rivalry surpassed only by rugby players, Australian waters are home to creatures that are not seen in Aotearoa New Zealand. Or . . . are they? Cephalopod expert, Dr Mandy Reid at the Australian Museum, explores further.
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At the Museum
Samoa Day in Sydney 2022
Earlier this week, thousands of Sāmoan and Pacific Islander diaspora gather at Liverpool’s Whitlam Centre to celebrate 60 Years of Sāmoan Independence.
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At the Museum
The Talbot Oration: Inspiring Visions for a Climate Solution
Author and social researcher Rebecca Huntley explores how images can hold the solution to a better climate future in the Australian Museum’s Talbot Oration.
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Looking beyond the headlines: How did snails fare in the 2019-2020 bushfires?
A new study by Australian Museum researchers sheds light on the impacts of the 2019-2020 wildfires on land snails in north-eastern NSW.
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Socialising to survive
Earlier exits of H. sapiens from Africa were overprinted by the big exit around 60-70,000 years ago. Why was this exodus so successful when the earlier excursions were not? A new study by an international team of scientists confirm that social networking was key to this success.
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At the Museum
A Tribute to Sāmoan men and women of the Mau
In this tribute to Sāmoan men and women of the Mau, renowned Sāmoan ambassador Fa’agalu Dominic Taeoalii Fonoti shares highlights of his career.
