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Explore magazine

In the lab at the Australian Museum, conservator Clare Kim brings her steady hand and laser sharp concentration to minute insect specimens under a microscope.

This year the Australian Museum Herpetology Department travelled to the Border Ranges, to collect a specimen of the threatened Stephen’s Banded Snake.

The Coughran Crayfish Collection, containing many specimens from remote and very difficult-to-access rainforest localities was recently acquired by the Australian Museum.

By learning a little about sharks, we’re better equipped to take care of Earth’s biodiversity.

The Australian Museums new acquisition of Papa He’e Nalu Hawaiian surfboards provides the opportunity to create a dialogue and enhance interest around surfing, and a unique way to contextualise Australian surfing culture and history.

Norfolk Island, a small island with a big history and unique biodiversity, was chosen by the Australian Museum for its 2022-2024 expedition.

As the Australian Museum's new Minerals Gallery opens to the public, we meet Ross Pogson – the minerals and rocks expert who has been the caretaker of the mineralogy collection since 1979.

Only four fossil spiders had ever been found across the entire continent. Until now.

A spectacular specimen has been acquired for the AM’s upcoming Minerals exhibition.

In this episode, ancient creatures of Central Australia are unearthed by Australian Museum palaeontolgist Patrick Smith, while back in the present, frog expert Jodi Rowley hunts for answers to explain the mass frog die-off that plagues the eastern states.

In this episode, Laura McBride – Wailwan and Kooma woman, and Director, First Nations at the Australian Museum – shares three important pieces from the AM’s award-winning exhibition, Unsettled.

Tune in to this episode as we look to science, innovation and First Nations knowledges to learn how one young Australian is detoxifying the ocean and atmosphere, and what the world’s oldest link between humans and the land can teach us about managing the environment.

In the final episode of Explore season one, we head out into the field to discover how the Australian Museum’s Chief Scientist Professor Kris Helgen and palaeontologist Dr Patrick Smith identify new species, and what it means to add new branches to the Tree of Life.

Dr Patrick Smith's recent expedition to the Red Centre reveals a treasure trove of newly discovered fossils spanning more than 600 million years.

The Kimberley boab nut collection, newly acquired by Australian Museum, documents the practices, life events and stories of the people of the Kimberley region.