As the second and final portion of our expedition to Timor-Leste wraps up we talk about what exactly museum science is and how valuable it can be today.
Thanks to the generosity of a donor to the Australian Museum Foundation, the Marine Invertebrates group has been able to upgrade equipment by purchasing two new dissecting microscopes.
We are conducting an expedition to study the land and marine fauna of Timor Leste. This multi-stage expedition is one of the largest surveys undertaken by the Australian Museum in the last 100 years. Work with the samples collected will continue for the next one to three years and will form the basis for conservation planning and the design of a Protected Area Network.
