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A blog series about the Australian Museum DigiVol project.

Silver Plate Purportedly Given to Aboriginal Hero.

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Geochemical analysis of an obsidian tool mistakenly attributed to Rapa Nui challenges current views about societies in the ancient Pacific.

The Australian Museum's research station on the Great Barrier Reef witnesses the devastating effects of climate change

Pioneers of science, environmentalism and business in conversation to celebrate International Women's Day.

Serendipity, morphology and museum collections combine to determine a new species of blind snake from the southern Northern Territory.

The Australian Museum helps the Balinese community of NSW celebrate its sacred day

A collaboration aiming to build a comprehensive picture of the hollow resources available for native wildlife across Sydney

Renewed hope that a mammal thought extinct on the mainland has been given a second chance.

The forests of central Vietnam adjacent Cambodia are home to five new frog species that have hopefully been discovered in the nick of time

From body decoration and charms to bitterly hard labour.

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IUCN Red List assessments of several hundred Australian land snail species are currently conducted by AMRI scientists.

Why is the recently discovered 1883 International Fisheries Exhibition diploma, designed by Linley Sambourne, unique?