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News Stories
Read the latest news stories from the Australian Museum.
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Gobsmacking goby fish species found in museums
An exquisite new species of goby has just been described – and it was found in a museum! A new publication co-authored by Dr Yi-Kai Tea, the Australian Museum’s Chadwick Biodiversity Research Fellow, describes these showstopping fishes and highlights the importance of taxonomic research in museums.
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The Photographic Archives Digitisation (PAD) Project
The Australian Museum Photographic Archives host a vast collection championing biological, ecological, and ethnographic research, education, and discovery.
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Five Things: How to help our native bees
Discover five things you can do to bring native bees into your garden, as native bee taxonomist, Michael Batley, discusses their importance, beauty and diversity.
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Five Things: How to create a thriving native garden
Listen to a Q&A with Clarence Slockee as he shares tips on how to make your garden a haven for native plants and wildlife.
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Five Things: How to help save the frogs
Listen to journalist and author, Ali Gripper, as she sits down with Dr Jodi Rowley for an intimate Q&A on Jodi’s life's work and to learn five things we can do to make our gardens frog-friendly.
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FrogID Week 2022 – over 32,000 frog records gathered for research and conservation
FrogID Week has once again rapidly gathered data for frog conservation, receiving more than 3 frog records per minute and gathering more than 32,000 frog records from over 4,600 concerned citizen scientists. We are also excited to announce our Top Frogger of 2022!
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Tiny specimens: Restoring the Museum's smallest specimens
In the lab at the Australian Museum, conservator Clare Kim brings her steady hand and laser sharp concentration to minute insect specimens under a microscope.
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New acquisition: Stephen’s Banded Snake
This year the Australian Museum Herpetology Department travelled to the Border Ranges, to collect a specimen of the threatened Stephen’s Banded Snake.
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Aboriginal boomerangs and King 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.
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Progress Shark
Our giant shark has been transformed as part of Sydney WorldPride’s Rainbow City.
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New acquisition: The Coughran Crayfish Collection
The Coughran Crayfish Collection, containing many specimens from remote and very difficult-to-access rainforest localities was recently acquired by the Australian Museum.
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Banana blood worms invade the deep sea
Blood worms occur in estuarine areas and are commonly used for bait by recreational fishers all around the world. In a world first, three new species of blood worm have been found in deep sea sunken vegetation, off the coast of Papua New Guinea. So how did these species evolve?
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Delivering innovative options for modern conservation
In conversation with Dr Dana M. Bergstrom, winner of the 2021 Eureka Prize for Leadership in Innovation and Science.
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Why sharks? Why now?
By learning a little about sharks, we’re better equipped to take care of Earth’s biodiversity.
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Our time at sea: Discovering the biodiversity of the Indian Ocean Territories
A team of scientists from the Australian Museum, CSIRO, Museums Victoria Research Institute and Western Australian Museum have recently completed their voyage on CSIRO’s research vessel (RV) Investigator. Find out how this expedition helped uncover secrets of the deep seamounts of the IOT.
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