Blog archive: Science
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Exotic honeybees are the only effective pollinators of a temperate mangrove
Honeybees were introduced shortly after European settlement and now appear to be the only effective pollinators of a native plant species.
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Finding Land Fish in French Polynesia: The Mystical Mountains of Moorea
Our journey had a rocky start involving 5 airports, 7 busses and a ferry, so we arrived exhausted but relieved on the island of Moorea.
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Poorly-known parasites threaten freshwater biodiversity
A new paper is calling for more attention to be paid to poorly-known micro-organisms capable of killing off amphibians and fishes.
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Ghost Net art: Sea Blanket
The Museum has purchased Gur Atkamlu (Sea Blanket), a work by Indigenous artists from Darnley Island Arts Centre (Erub Erwer Meta).
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Our Global Neighbours: Story-tellers from Indonesia
Stories are shared and moulded to enrich people and collections.
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Ghost net art: Dauma and Garom wrapped for transport to Sydney
Our new ghost net pieces, Dauma the mud crab and Garom the rock cod, are now in Sydney!
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Our Global Neighbours: Noken from Papuan Highlands
The versatile native bag as a cultural heritage.
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Our Global Neighbours: Female Warrior Srikandi and Modernity
A role model for Indonesian women.
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Our Global Neighbours: Young Visitors from Indonesia
Australia-Indonesia Youth Exchange Program.
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Redheads and insects
What do entomologists and phillumenists have in common? The appreciation of a good matchbox.
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Nursemaid to the Fishes - Gilbert Percy Whitley
A passion born from “insatiable curiosity and an ability to draw” resulted in 37,000 fish specimens to be documented by Gilbert Whitley.
