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Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/ginkgo-toothed-beaked-whale/This species was described by Japanese scientists, Nishiwaki and Kamiya, in 1958 from an animal stranded on a beach near Tokyo.
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Forest Kingfisher
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/forest-kingfisher-todiramphus-macleayii/During nest-making Forest Kingfishers fly with such force into the termite nest that deaths from a broken neck have sometimes been seen.
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Ceremonial textile (geringsing) E097472
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/indonesia/ceremonial-textile/Geringsing cloths are made using the double ikat method, a demanding process requiring both the warp and weft threads to be bound and dyed so that when woven together they match up to form the design.
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Dinosaurs - Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/fact-sheets/appalachiosaurus-montgomeriensis/Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis is the first and most complete theropod tyrannosaur known from the eastern USA. It is smaller than its relatives Albertosaurus and Gorgosaurus.
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True's Beaked Whale
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/trues-beaked-whale/So excited by his discovery of True's Beaked Whale, Frederick True gave it the species name 'mirus', meaning 'wonderful'.
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Southern Cassowary
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/southern-cassowary/The Southern Cassowary is often heard long before the bird is seen, with its rumbling calls usually given in response to the sight of potential danger.
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Hector's Beaked Whale
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/hectors-beaked-whale/This species of beaked whale was named in 1871 after the James Hector, the curator of the Wellington Museum in New Zealand (now the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa).
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Beetles: Order Coleoptera
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/beetles-order-coleoptera/There are over 350,000 different known beetle species worldwide and new species are being discovered all the time.
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