Blog archive: AMRI
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Our current knowledge of the endemic mammals of the Solomon Islands Archipelago
Dr Tyrone Lavery gives us an insight into the research methods and identification of bat and rat species in the Solomon Islands.
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Closing the gap between species discovery and conservation
Ensuring amphibians new to science are considered in conservation strategies.
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Giant Rats and Monkey-Faced Bats of the Solomon Islands Archipelago
The AM launches an expedition to the Solomon Islands and Bougainville to discover more about fascinating mammals of the western pacific.
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Coral bleaching on Lizard Island: Update
A severe bleaching event continues around the AM's Lizard Island Research Station, with hopes falling temperatures will bring reprieve
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Molecular support for Hydroides amri and the discovery of its mysterious twin
A study not only confirms that Hydroides amri is distinct from Hydroides brachyacantha, but also includes a cryptic species Hydroides nikae.
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A lioness, a seamount and a king: the creativity behind naming three new genera of small crustaceans
Three new genera, 17 new species and records on a further 35 known species, this is not the last word on Maerid Crustaceans
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Lost and found: a Rapa Nui stone tool finds its real home
Geochemical analysis of an obsidian tool mistakenly attributed to Rapa Nui challenges current views about societies in the ancient Pacific.
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Coral bleaching on the doorstep of Lizard Island
The Australian Museum's research station on the Great Barrier Reef witnesses the devastating effects of climate change
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Eyes peeled for the elusive Blind Snake
Serendipity, morphology and museum collections combine to determine a new species of blind snake from the southern Northern Territory.
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Eastern Quolls: Back from the brink?
Renewed hope that a mammal thought extinct on the mainland has been given a second chance.
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Five new frog species discovered in fast-disappearing forests
The forests of central Vietnam adjacent Cambodia are home to five new frog species that have hopefully been discovered in the nick of time
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Translating AMRI research into conservation action
IUCN Red List assessments of several hundred Australian land snail species are currently conducted by AMRI scientists.
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Can frogs help combat the Zika virus?
Healthy frog populations may help keep disease-carrying mosquitos at bay, but not in the way you might expect.
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Zircons galore: an Indo-Pacific Heritage
Zircons are gemstones found along volcanic fields in eastern Australia, Asia and Russia. Research follows the trail of their origins.
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Fossil tube microstructure helps to address evolutionary unknowns of deep-sea tubeworms
Do fossil tetragonal Mesozoic tubes belong to the ancestors of the worms living in the deep sea today?