Blog archive: AMRI
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A coral-reef fish with large, fast, conspicuous larvae and small, cryptic adults
In most coral reef fishes, larvae are tiny and transparent, and adults large and boldly coloured – but in one species, the opposite is true.
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The phantom snail
Perched on a hill of a Kimberley island lives Taiwanassiminea phantasma a newly described and rare species of land snail.
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Saving inbred plant and animal populations from extinction
Genetic rescue of small inbred populations by outcrossing
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Teaching entomology in Papua New Guinea
Capacity building and the neighbours: teaching insect identification in Papua New Guinea.
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Rare and poorly-known, meet a new genus of long-legged flies
Flies from Australia, New Guinea and New Caledonia show ancient Gondwanan connections.
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A new, fire-eyed, frog discovered in the forests of Vietnam
A small frog with bright orange eyes has just been discovered from the forested mountains of Vietnam
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Say hello to the Eastern Tadpole Coffinfish
A pudgy little coffinfish that lives over a kilometre below the surface has just been named.
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Do we influence how young fish find home?
Human impacts on the ocean may go even further than you know, disrupting the ability of fish larvae to find their way to a safe habitat…
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Collecting in collections
A new technique developed at the Australian Museum allows us to make better use of historical insect collections for DNA barcoding.
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Disentangling a taxonomic nightmare?
Maybe my title is over the top, but identifying some pretty blue beetles proved quite a challenge.
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Law and the illegal wildlife trade in China
A small but important change in Chinese law would help end the trade in Ivory.
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Passing on the key – making freshwater mollusc identification easier in Australia
We're working on enabling everyone to identify the rich freshwater mollusc fauna of Australia.
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Why it matters that marine taxonomists are becoming an “endangered species”
Without taxonomists, we won't know what species we have and what species we're driving to extinction
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The past, present and future of Australia’s mammals
What makes Australian mammals so interesting?
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Finding needles in a haystack
Detecting tiny exotic flies just got easier thanks to DNA barcoding, and now we also know where they came from.
