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Drought, dung and destruction
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/drought-dung-and-destruction/Dung beetles may not be the first animals to come to mind when thinking about the organisms impacted by the 2019-20 intense bushfires - but perhaps they should. We were recently in Northeast NSW to determine the impacts on dung beetle populations.
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Out of the ashes: Post-bushfire lessons on how we can better manage our fauna
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/out-of-the-ashes/In September 2021, the Royal Zoological Society of NSW held their annual forum online – receiving more registrations than ever before, with a tremendous range of talks focused on the impacts of the 2019-20 megafires and post-bushfire management.
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Krefft paintings resurface
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/krefft-paintings-resurface/A recently digitised album of watercolours by former Museum curator Gerard Krefft includes drawings of jewel beetles and flower chafers.
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Teaching entomology in Papua New Guinea
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-teaching-entomology-in-papua-new-guinea/Capacity building and the neighbours: teaching insect identification in Papua New Guinea.
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On And Off The Roads (Timor-Leste Expedition)
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/on-and-off-the-roads-timor-leste-expedition/While the road conditions in Timor-Leste might be something to try and forget, the friendliness of the people lingers long in the mind. Entomologist Jean Weiner recalls some of the contrasts he noticed during the Museum's terrestrial expedition.
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Waiting for the Wings of Recognition?
https://australian.museum/about/organisation/media-centre/waiting-for-the-wings-of-recognition/Name a Christmas beetle this festive season for your chance to achieve ecological immortality.
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Exploring The Almost Unknown: Land Snail Fauna (Timor-Leste Expedition)
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/exploring-the-almost-unknown-land-snail-fauna-timor-leste-expedition/The humble land snail can be an important environmental indicator. Malacologist Dr Frank Kohler reports on the first ever land snail survey in Timor-Leste, conducted during the Museum's terrestrial expedition.
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Trying to explain biodiversity with beetles
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-trying-to-explain-biodiversity-with-beetles/The recipe for seed beetle diversity is a mixture of co-evolution and adaptation, with time stirred in.
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The Norfolk Island puzzle: Identifying new insect and spider species
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-norfolk-island-puzzle-identifying-new-insect-and-spider-species/The ongoing identification of insect and spider specimens collected during the Australian Museum-led Norfolk Island expedition is throwing up a host of new family and species records & plenty of puzzles. The AM Arachnology & Entomology team tell us about these exciting finds and the work ahead.
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The (other) Lord Howe insect
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-other-lord-howe-insect/On expedition on Lord Howe Island, AM scientists have made an unexpected discovery.
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