Explore Magazine - Summer 2016 - The Australian Museum

Explore, the news and events magazine of the Australian Museum and Australian Museum Members, is published biannually.

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Editor Melinda Ham

Design Trudi Fletcher

Production Jenny Hooker

Views expressed are not necessarily those of the Museum.

We welcome your feedback, comments and enquiries. Email the editor at alice.gage@australian.museum.

Contents

4 - News
6 - DNA evidence combats trafficking
10 - Riddle in the Pacific
13 - What's in a name?
14 - Unlocking the vault
17 - Sea slug saga
18 - Spiders are alive and deadly
24 - Sequencing the future
27 - What's the Scott Sisters saw
28 - Mudmen unmasked
31 - A beauty of a frog
32 - Facebook for birds
34 - Behind-the-scenes sleuth