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Congratulations to Dr Val Attenbrow for the highest award in Australian Archaeology!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/dr-val-attenbrow-highest-award-australian-archaeology/The highest award offered by the Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) has been awarded to Australian Museum’s Dr Val Attenbrow. Congratulations to Dr Attenbrow!
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Data for conservation: over 50,000 FrogID records now online!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/frogid_data_for_conservation/The FrogID dataset: the first year of expert-validated occurrence data has now been published!
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Bloodlust for Conservation: iDNA an innovation in the search for elusive frogs
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/idna-search-for-frogs/A new, DNA-based frog survey technique means bloodsucking insects can help scientists find and conserve threatened frog species.
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The isolated Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby populations of today, were once connected
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/yellow-footed-rock-wallaby-once-connected/Although populations of the threatened Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby are now patchily distributed across the mountain ranges of the southeastern Australian semi-arid zone, a new genetic study has revealed evidence of historic connectivity.
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Weird and wonderful larva explained
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/weird-and-wonderful-larva-explained/A strange beetle larva was brought to the Australian Museum. It turned out to be only the third collection of its family in Australia and a new species!
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Raised from the dead: Species assumed extinct rediscovered on Norfolk Island
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/species-assumed-extinct-rediscovered-on-norfolk-island/Introduced rats and chickens on Norfolk Island love to eat native animals as snacks, and were thought to have wiped out the endemic Campbell’s Keeled Glass Snail … until we recently found a few individuals alive.
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Expedition to Malaita: The secret world of insects and snails in the remote forests of the Solomon Islands
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/expedition-to-malaita/Abundant varieties of moths, snails and insects lie awaiting discovery in the beautiful tropical forests of Malaita in the Solomon Islands. Read about the AM expedition to work with the local community to collect and describe the islands smaller fauna.
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Australian Green Tree Frog disappears from Sydney backyards as an army of volunteers with smartphones help identify frogs in peril
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/australian-green-tree-frog-disappears-from-sydney-backyards-as-an-army-of-volunteers-with-smartphones-help-identify-frogs-in-peril/Tens of Thousands around Australia sign up to Frog ID in first year of national citizen science program.
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Environmental DNA improves the monitoring of coastal wetlands of international importance in South America
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/environmental-dna-improves-the-monitoring-of-coastal-wetlands-of-international-importance-in-south-america-/Joey Di Battista travelled to Chile to help colleagues determine traces of vertebrate eDNA for ongoing monitoring of invasive species.
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Live at the AM podcast: HumanNature 2019 – Tony Birch
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/humannature-podcast-tonybirch/Listen to Aboriginal poet and novelist Tony Birch as he explores how First Nations ecological knowledge could help mitigate the impacts of climate change.
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