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