Blog archive: AMRI
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Through village gardens and into the mist
After months of planning, it's now time to begin the search for Malaita's unknown mammals in the mountains of East Kwaio.
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A curious case of the birds and the trees
Could some aspects of the urban environment actually benefit plants and animals?
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Welkam to Honiara
Honiara is gateway to almost 1,000 islands and a melting pot of people from across the Solomon Archipelago.
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Secrets of early Pacific tattooing tools
Specialised tools made of obsidian were used for tattooing c.3000 years ago by early Pacific societies.
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Travel the world on the back of a turtle
Hitchhiking on turtles and ship hulls, some species of Podocerus know how to travel while others have gone unsampled for 150 years.
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International Polychaete Day
Celebrating half a century of polychaete research at the Australian Museum.
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The nose knows
Could the odour emitted from a sample of a rhinoceros horn be enough to identify the species that it came from?
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Flipside of the upside-down jellyfish
What brings a tropical jellyfish to the temperate waters off New South Wales?
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A little tiger on the prowl
The newly described Tiger Sandgoby, Nesogobius tigrinus might be small but it is out on the prowl for a mate.
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Papunya: A Precious Collection of the Australian Museum
The Papunya paintings are an Australian national treasure and the Australian Museum's most impressive collection of western desert art.
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Is the demand for amphibians as pets threatening their survival in the wild?
The global trade in wildlife threatens more than just rhinos, elephants and tigers: amphibians are also at risk
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Walking in the footsteps of giants
Searching for Guadalcanal's lost mammals and a new period of scientific expedition in Solomon Islands
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Wildlife Airstrikes: An unusual exception to the rule
The story of one little birds encounter with a helicopter and its legacy of helping humans to avoid such encounters in the future.
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Tanks Everybody!
Have you ever wondered how large fish specimens are stored here in the Australian Museum collections?