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Australia's leading science awards announce 2022 winners

Winners for Australia’s leading science awards, the 2022 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes have been announced.

31 August 2022

It’s official – the Australian Museum has more visitors than ever before!

Ever since I became the Australian Museum’s (AM) Director and CEO, I’ve wanted to see the AM full of happy visitors bubbling with life - and it’s brilliant to have some good news to share.

11 August 2022

Australian Museum opens Burra: a ground-breaking, interactive learning and play space

Burra brings together First Nations knowledge systems and Western science through fun play spaces that show the importance of caring for Country - opens FREE to the public Saturday 2 July.

1 July 2022

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Whose hoot? Identity of unknown owl revealed

Excitement stirred when a small unidentified owl was found dead on Lord Howe Island; Australian Museum scientists have now identified the wayward individual.

30 August 2022

New acquisition: A rock that is 2.5 billion years old

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

29 August 2022

'Three Cultures’ Piece acknowledging Dylan Mooney'ss Torres Strait, Aboriginal & Australian South Sea Island heritage

Australian South Sea Islander Recognition Week: An interview with Dylan Mooney

Alongside the Australian South Sea Islander community, the Australian Museum stand in solidarity with our Pasifika kinfolk in recognising 175 years of the Australian South Sea Island peoples and their stories.

22 August 2022

Sydney Science Trail on Breakfast with James Valentine ABC Radio Sydney
15 Aug 2022
Eureka Prizes finalists announced for 2022 from an array of our top research minds Australian Farmers Journal
27 Jul 2022
Stockland teams up with the Australian Museum Retailbiz
26 Jul 2022
Thousands of frogs are dying in Australia. Scientists aren’t sure why. The Washington Post
22 Jul 2022
Frog pandemic second wave has experts baffled The Sydney Morning Herald
16 Jul 2022

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A pair of Peron’s Tree Frogs (Litoria peronii) attempting to mate beside a suburban pond

Citizen science reveals the breeding seasons of frogs is longer in the city

Human activity is causing frogs to breed earlier and for longer. What does this mean for the future of frogs?

12 August 2022

Coppery Ring-Tailed Possum - the world's biggest ring-tailed possum.

New Guinean flightless mammals: Overlooked diversity

An international project combines community ecology, phylogenetics & morphology to uncover and describe the cryptic species of Mount Wilhelm, the highest mountain of Papua New Guinea. Hundreds of New Guinean flightless mammals have been sampled – visiting researcher František Vejmělka tells us more.

18 July 2022

Gondwanan Temperate Rainforest is wet, cool, and lush green.

Unravelling the frog diversity of Gondwanan rainforests

Continuing research in rainforests of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland has recently resulted in the scientific description of two unique frog species.

24 June 2022

ASSI Recognition Day Video Recording 16 August 2022

Australian South Sea Islander Recognition Week: An interview with Emelda Davis and Dr Sonya Pearce

Last week the Pasifika team were fortunate enough to sit with Sydney City Councillor, Emelda Davis, and Dr Sonya Pearce to hear their stories and celebrate the Australian South Sea Islander story: 175 years ago, to now and well into the future.

25 August 2022

A First Nations lens on glass in Australia

As a Waanyi descendant, I am proud to be a part of the longest living cultures in Australia and have had the opportunity to highlight a small part of First Nations knowledges and their place in National Science Week 2022.

By Jesse King

Nights at the Museum 23 June 2022 - Wan Sol Moana (One Ocean) - Pasifika

Youth Reconnection Project 2022

The Australian Museum's Pasifika team have re-trialed the Pacific Youth Reconnection Project to evaluate how we can develop and expand these cultural workshops for Pasifika youth today.

28 July 2022

Dr Rocky de Nys and Sam Elsom from Sea Forest

Explore podcast episode 3: Reasons for hope

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.

26 May 2022

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The Talbot Oration: Inspiring Visions for a Climate Solution

Author and social researcher Rebecca Huntley explores how images can hold the solution to a better climate future in the Australian Museum’s Talbot Oration.

Live at the AM
2 June 2022

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