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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

    AMRI
    Dr Jodi Rowley
    / 13 March 2015
  • Say hello to the Eastern Tadpole Coffinfish

    A pudgy little coffinfish that lives over a kilometre below the surface has just been named.

    AMRI
    Mark McGrouther
    / 12 March 2015
    Deepsea Coffinfish, Chaunacops melanostomus
  • 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…

    AMRI
    Jack O'Connor
    / 03 March 2015
  • Collecting in collections

    A new technique developed at the Australian Museum allows us to make better use of historical insect collections for DNA barcoding.

    AMRI
    Andrew Mitchell
    / 24 February 2015
    Work in the DNA Labs of the Australian Centre for Wildlife Genomics (ACWG) at the Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI)
  • Disentangling a taxonomic nightmare?

    Maybe my title is over the top, but identifying some pretty blue beetles proved quite a challenge.

    AMRI
    Chris Reid
    / 23 February 2015
    Altica cyanea
  • Law and the illegal wildlife trade in China

    A small but important change in Chinese law would help end the trade in Ivory.

    AMRI
    Rebecca Johnson
    / 23 February 2015
    Ivory carvings
  • 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.

    AMRI
    Dr Anders Hallan
    / 16 February 2015
    Two snails
  • 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

    AMRI
    Dr Penny Berents, Dr Pat Hutchings
    / 12 February 2015
    The Northern Pacific Seastar
  • The past, present and future of Australia’s mammals

    What makes Australian mammals so interesting?

    AMRI
    Dr Mark Eldridge
    / 06 February 2015
    Australian Mammals
  • 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.

    AMRI
    Andrew Mitchell
    / 05 February 2015
    Blood-Feeding Culicoides Midges.
  • All credit to Krefft: Gerard Krefft’s invisible new species of dunnart

    150 years later, we set a naming record straight!

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    Dr Sandy Ingleby, Dr Anja Divljan Dr Harry Parnaby
    / 27 January 2015
    Common Dunnart, Sminthopsis murina
  • Natural glass used for chopping tools in ancient Papua New Guinea

    Axes made of glass were used to chop wood over 3000 years ago in Papua New Guinea.

    AMRI
    Dr Robin Torrence
    / 09 January 2015
    Using an experimental obsidian axe
  • Silverfish: poor cousins or a remarkable success story?

    Silverfish have survived the challenges of a drying climate and are well represented but poorly known in Australia.

    AMRI
    Graeme Smith
    / 05 January 2015
    Silverfish Diversity
  • A frog that gives birth to tadpoles!

    Unique in the frog world, a newly described frog from Indonesia lays tadpoles instead of eggs.

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    Dr Jodi Rowley
    / 03 January 2015
    Limnonectes larvaepartus Museum specimen
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The Australian Museum respects and acknowledges the Gadigal people as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the land and waterways on which the Museum stands.

Image credit: gadigal yilimung (shield) made by Uncle Charles Chicka Madden