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Sydney’s famous funnel-web spider splits into three!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/sydneys-famous-funnel-web-spider-splits-into-three/

Reports of unusually large Sydney Funnel-web spiders from around Newcastle led an international team of scientists to take a fresh look at the Sydney Funnel-web, Atrax robustus.

Searching for snails across the Pacific, part 1: Rarotonga, Cook Islands
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/snails-rarotonga-cook-islands-pacific/

After years of studying snails on Australia’s Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island, Drs Isabel Hyman and Frank Köhler began to cast their net wider in search of closely related species.

More than just pretty shells: AMRI researchers study diverse family of gastropods
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-researchers-study-gastropods/

AMRI researchers are conducting the largest study to date on volutes, a diverse family of shelled molluscs, to expand knowledge about these species, particularly in Australia.

Beyond the lab: The Eureka Prize for Societal Impact in Science
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/societal-impact-in-science/

Scientific innovation and invention can achieve scale when researchers work together with external partners to create real-world improvements – often in new or unexpected ways.

FrogID Week 2024: Citizen Scientists Capture Over 34,000 Frog Records Nationwide
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/frogid-week-2024-citizen-scientists-capture-over-34000-frog-records-nationwide/

The seventh annual FrogID Week has once again gathered a vital snapshot for frog conservation thanks to tens of thousands of citizen scientists.

Australian Museum farewells Chief Scientist Professor Kris Helgen
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/farewell-kris-helgen/

Today the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Hawaii announced that Professor Kristofer Helgen has been appointed as its new President and CEO.

Australian Museum announces new Chief Scientist (Acting) and AMRI Director (Acting)
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-announcement/

Professor Shane Ahyong and Julie Ellmers to lead Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI).

Researchers discover new plant species on recent Norfolk Island expedition
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/researchers-discover-new-plant-species-on-recent-norfolk-island-expedition/

A team from the Australian Institute of Botanical Science has collected about 400 plant specimens on the recent Australian Museum-led expedition to Norfolk Island, helping the community identify new weeds that potentially could cause havoc to local ecosystems.

New acquisition: Papa He’e Nalu Hawaiian surfboards
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/new-acquisition-hawaiian-surfboards/

The Australian Museums new acquisition of Papa He’e Nalu Hawaiian surfboards provides the opportunity to create a dialogue and enhance interest around surfing, and a unique way to contextualise Australian surfing culture and history.

Aboriginal boomerangs and King Tutankhamun
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/aboriginal-boomerangs-tutankhamun/

In 1910, Gaston Maspero (1846-1916), a French Egyptologist, sent two Egyptian throwing sticks (boomerangs) to the Australian Museum. Watch Dr Stan Florek reveal more about these objects.