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Early Birds: Autism and Sensory-friendly Mornings

The Australian Museum's Early Birds program provides a reduced sensory and supportive environment for visitors on the autism spectrum or those who have other access requirements.

9 February 2021

A pack of dire wolves (Canis dirus) are feeding on their bison kill, while a pair of grey wolves (Canis lupus) approach in the hopes of scavenging

Myth or museum specimen? The animals that are more fact than fiction

Famously featured in George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones franchise, the dire wolf is far more than a popular legend. A recent study in Nature has discovered how genetically distinct this prehistoric carnivore actually was. Read more about the study, and other animals thought to be pure myth.

14 January 2021

Legacy of the Egypt Exploration Fund in the Australian Museum

Since 1882 the Egypt Exploration Fund focused on digging for objects and distributing them widely to subscribing organisations around the world, including those in United Kingdom, United States, South Africa, India, Japan, and Australia.

22 January 2021

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Early Birds: Autism and Sensory-friendly Mornings

The Australian Museum's Early Birds program provides a reduced sensory and supportive environment for visitors on the autism spectrum or those who have other access requirements.

9 February 2021

Surrender Your Shell: Using DNA to protect the Hawksbill Turtle

Did you know that real tortoiseshell products are made from the shell of critically endangered Hawksbill turtles? This illegal trade has brought the species to the brink of extinction. To learn more, the Australian Museum, WWF-Australia and Royal Caribbean International launch Surrender Your Shell.

8 February 2021

Newly rediscovered species Pseudocharopa balli. Image: Justin Gilligan

Recovery and discovery: rare snails on Lord Howe Island

After more than a year rodent-free, two of the Critically Endangered land snails on Lord Howe Island are showing strong signs of recovery – and a closely related mystery species has also reappeared!

3 February 2021

Frogs surviving the flames: Citizen scientists reveal frogs calling across the fire zone

We have made a big leap in our understanding of how frogs respond to fire, thanks to citizen scientists across Australia!

28 September 2020

Central panel of rock art showing hand and axe stencils (photo credit: Amy Way)

This month in Archaeology: Blue Mountains rock art galleries threatened by fire

Less than 100 km to the west of Sydney, a phenomenal rock art record survives in thousands of Blue Mountains rock shelters. These rock art sites hold significant cultural and heritage values and high research potential.

1 July 2020

Western Foxfish (Bodianus frenchii) observed along the south coast of Western Australia

Moving south: how fishes are adapting to climate change

Moving south may be the best protection for marine fish in the face of rising ocean temperatures, but how far south can they go?

29 January 2020

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Legacy of the Egypt Exploration Fund in the Australian Museum

22 January 2021

Bundels of rings from Mauthausen hoard, Staatssammlung München. Photo by author.

This month in Archaeology: The origins of money

This month in Archaeology, Dr Way discusses the origins of money examined in the recent PLoS ONE publication, ‘The origins of money: Calculation of similarity indexes demonstrates the earliest development of commodity money in prehistoric Central Europe’ by M.H.G. Kuijpers and C. N. Popa.

1 February 2021

Myth or museum specimen? The animals that are more fact than fiction

14 January 2021

Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land

“Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land” is an important statement within First Nations communities.

By Laura McBride

Whose history: the role of statues and monuments in Australia

The removal of statues of racists, such as Cecil Rhodes or statues that celebrate racist history in the United States, England and Africa has created discussions in Australia around what should be done its statues and monuments of invaders and colonists.

8 May 2020

Newly established conservation areas, Malaita, Solomon Islands

Four conservation areas successfully mapped in Malaita, Solomon Islands and Bougainville

Three conservation areas in Malaita and one in Bougainville have been mapped by local community members, a move that is pivotal to protecting the biodiversity of the Solomon Islands.

7 February 2020