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The immense task of digitising our collections raises many challenges for our digitisation and transcription team, the DigiVols.

Textiles of Southeast Asia are amongst the richest in diversity and design in the world.

“Anything in the pots?” is a question I am frequently asked by crew of the RV Braveheart and my fellow scientists as we document samples.

Apart from use in the seafood industry baited traps (or pots) are also a great way to collect marine specimens for scientfic study.

Apart from use in the seafood industry baited traps (or pots) are also a great way to collect marine specimens for scientific study.

The 25th anniversary of the Eureka Prizes saw plenty of entries, news stories and outstanding Australian science rewarded.

This year marked the 25th anniversary of the 'Oscars of Australian science'.

The Australian Museum has a crucial role to play in maintaining Australia's biosecurity.

'Wave-blasted chunks of rock in the middle of nowhere' - that just about describes Marotiri Rocks

A new plan for sustaining the Great Barrier Reef ignores climate change impacts, says Australian Museum research head.

Who is that woman?

Depressed head, spiny body, eyes too close together and very large? Meet our new species of Ghost Flathead.

The food impact on growth of human population.

We reveal the strange call of an even stranger frog.

A new look at bristle worms living in the deep sea reveals how these creatures brood their young.