Blog archive: Science
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Museum Research Associate wins John Mulvaney Book Award
Our research associates continue to produce award-winning publications.
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Huge, Green Flying Frog discovered in the lowland forests of Vietnam
Meet Helen's Flying Frog (Rhacophorus helenae). A huge, green, "flying" frog that, up until now, was completely unknown to science.
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The Macquarie Street Lion
The King of the Jungle has made his way from an office in the heart of Sydney's CBD to a new 'den' in the Museum.
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The strangest tadpole?
Bearing curved black 'fangs', the tadpole of the Vampire Flying Frog Rhacophorus vampyrus from Vietnam is one of the strangest.
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Balinese Expressions # 3: Leo Haks Visit
Generous donor of Balinese Modernist Art visits Australian Museum.
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Balinese Expressions #2: “Balinese Art” Book Launch
Understand Balinese art – it’s easy with this new book.
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Interview with an Endangered Species (Timor-Leste Expedition)
What is taxonomy, why is it so important and what does the future hold for it?
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What exactly is museum science and how does it help? (Timor-Leste Expedition)
As the second and final portion of our expedition to Timor-Leste wraps up we talk about what exactly museum science is and how valuable it can be today.
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The Centenary of the 'Adelie Land' Meteorite
We are celebrating a very special Centenary: the finding of the first meteorite from Antarctica, on 5th December 1912.
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Superstar sunfish seeks solace
After its starring role in the 2012 Deep Oceans exhibition, the large Ocean Sunfish is on its way back to the fish collection.
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Australian Centre for Wildlife Genomics has launched
Our new centre will answer questions about forensics, conservation and biodiversity.
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Museum Scientist wins 2012 Whitley Book Award
A book on squat lobsters co-edited by the Museum’s Dr Shane Ahyong has won the Whitley award for best invertebrate natural history book.
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Kermadec memories
It seems like only yesterday that we were diving on the sides of volcanos in the Kermadec Islands. It was certainly a fantastic trip.
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Kiwis track Great White Sharks
A team of New Zealand scientists are researching the secret lives of White Sharks.
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DigiVol:Let's celebrate......100,000 images taken
Since May, 2011 DigiVol volunteer digitisers have taken over 100,000 images from Entomology, Malacology and Archival Materials.
