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Opening day is here again! Let's come back to our senses

As we open our doors on Monday 11 October with a wholehearted ‘welcome back!’, we hope you’ll be as ready as we are to soak in the full effects of our treasured space.

8 October 2021

Dr Dana M. Bergstrom, Australian Antarctic Division and University of Wollongong

2021 Australian Museum Eureka Prize winners

17 individuals and teams recognised across the categories of Research & Innovation, Leadership, Science Engagement and School Science.

7 October 2021

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This was the cover photo for the Royal Zoological Society of NSW forum flyer. Three months after extensive, high severity fire in Kiwarrack State Forest, near Taree. Most of these trees have subsequently resprouted via epicormic buds.

Out of the ashes: Post-bushfire lessons on how we can better manage our fauna

In September 2021, the Royal Zoological Society of NSW held their annual forum online – receiving more registrations than ever before, with a tremendous range of talks focused on the impacts of the 2019-20 megafires and post-bushfire management.

28 September 2021

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Abydos and its Relics

Abydos in central Egypt is an important source of our knowledge of ancient history.

23 September 2021

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Dr Jackson Ryan - Finalist, 2021 Finkel Foundation Eureka Prize for Long-Form Science Journalism

Meet the science journalist demystifying COVID-19 vaccines and variants

In conversation with Dr Jackson Ryan, finalist in the 2021 Finkel Foundation Eureka Prize for Long-Form Science Journalism and the 2021 Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Science Journalism.

15 September 2021

Coloured plate showing the diversity of annelids

The diverse world of Annelida: an international consideration

Annelida, a common and diverse group of marine invertebrates, populate habitats all over the world. However, many questions around their evolutionary relationships remain unanswered - AM scientists invited international colleagues to help!

14 September 2021

Museums shake off the cobwebs as they prepare to welcome visitors The Sydney Morning Herald
8 Oct 2021
Female scientists strike success at the Australian Museum’s 2021 Eureka prizes The Guardian
7 Oct 2021
Childhood vaccine, microplastics hotspot hunt take top science gongs The Sydney Morning Herald
7 Oct 2021
‘Like nothing in my lifetime’: researchers race to unravel the mystery of Australia’s dying frogs The Guardian
19 Sep 2021
Race to save frogs, quokkas, parrots and koalas from extinction helped by new threat database ABC News
10 Sep 2021

Australian Museum Research Institute

Russian dolls and shark snacks

What are in shark guts? And what can the contents tell us? The results can be confusing – as we find prey, within prey. To decipher this ‘Russian doll effect’, scientists from the University of Sydney, Australian Museum and NSW Department of Primary Industries tell us more.

24 September 2021

Small fish find shelter among the branches of live coral.

News from LIRS: The rise and fall of turf-algae empires

Each month, a selected blog from Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation is featured at the AM. For biodiversity month, we feature the rise and fall of turf-algae empires.

17 September 2021

The diverse world of Annelida: an international consideration

14 September 2021

Lunchtime Conversation 2021: Wesley Enoch and Rhoda Roberts AO

Arts leaders Wesley Enoch and Rhoda Roberts AO reflect on the legacy of writer Oodgeroo Noonuccal and activism in the arts.

Live at the AM
8 June 2021

Storyboat Installation from Unsettled exhibition

Unsettled: Uncovering our nation's hidden history

An exploration of one of the Australian Museum’s most significant shows in its almost 200-year history.

By Laura McBride and Dr Mariko Smith

Lunchtime Conversation 2021: Professor Larissa Behrendt AO and Dr Jason DeSantolo

Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt AO and Dr Jason DeSantolo explore the legacy of David Unaipon and how traditional systems and knowledge are helping solve contemporary issues.

Live at the AM
22 June 2021

The Climate Cure: The inaugural Talbot Oration

Professor Tim Flannery outlines his manifesto for humanity’s survival of the “climate emergency” in the Australian Museum’s (AM) inaugural Talbot Oration.

Live at the AM
3 June 2021

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Some of the new solar panels on the roof of the Kalkhoven Wing and the aquarium

News from LIRS: Solar power upgrade - towards zero

Each month, a selected blog from Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation is featured at the AM. For this month, we feature the solar power upgrade at LIRS.

19 July 2021

The Upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea sp.) swimming in seagrass in Lake Macquarie, NSW in 2019.

Putting things the right way around: Identification and distribution of upside-down jellyfish

An AMF/AMRI Postgraduate award helped PhD student, Claire Rowe, provide answers on why upside-down jellyfish have recently appeared in Lake Macquarie, NSW. The search for answers led her to the Gold and Sunshine Coasts in Queensland.

8 July 2021