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By Author: Michael Hugill

Sydney's Cockatoos #3

Help us understand Sydney's Cockatoos

How can you help this world-first study being conducted by the Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, the University of Sydney and us?

By: Dr Richard Major, Michael Hugill, Category: Science, Date: 22 Apr 2013

Tanks for the Memories #4

Tanks for the Memories: A New Home for our Fish Collection

Sharks, crocs and even a baby rhino... thousands of our large 'wet specimens' were moved into new homes recently.

By: Michael Hugill, Category: Science, Date: 02 Apr 2013

Spiders Seek Spiders for Dinners, Lunches and Breakfasts #1

Spiders Seek Spiders for Dinners, Lunches and Breakfasts

Believe it or not, our jumping spiders only eat other spiders. Can you help us feed them?

By: Mr Martyn Robinson, Michael Hugill, Category: At The Museum, Date: 25 Mar 2013

Web 2U (#2)

Social Musings: Stories from February

What have we been up to on Facebook and Twitter? Let's cut out the stats and paste in some of the more interesting social media stories.

By: Michael Hugill, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 21 Mar 2013

Pacific Youth Reconnection Project: Waitangi Festival Celebrations #1

Pacific Youth Reconnection Project: Waitangi Festival Celebrations

Taking artifacts to the young and offering cultural information sessions and workshops.

By: Ms Thelma Thomas, Michael Hugill, Category: Science, Date: 15 Feb 2013

Deepwater squid species

Are You Squidding?

An unusual catch brought Big Fish Small Boats's Al McGlashan (and his camera crew) to my lab space at the Museum.

By: Dr Mandy Reid, Michael Hugill, Category: Science, Date: 15 Feb 2013

The Macquarie Street Lion #4

The Macquarie Street Lion

The King of the Jungle has made his way from an office in the heart of Sydney's CBD to a new 'den' in the Museum.

By: Dr Sandy Ingleby, Michael Hugill, Category: Science, Date: 10 Dec 2012

Timor-Leste Marine Expedition #144

Interview with an Endangered Species (Timor-Leste Expedition)

What is taxonomy, why is it so important and what does the future hold for it?

By: Dr Pat Hutchings, Michael Hugill, Category: Science, Date: 05 Dec 2012

The Centenary of the 'Adelie Land' Meteorite #1

The Centenary of the 'Adelie Land' Meteorite

We are celebrating a very special Centenary: the finding of the first meteorite from Antarctica, on 5th December 1912.

By: Ross Pogson, Michael Hugill, Category: Science, Date: 03 Dec 2012

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Social Musings: Stories from October

What have we been up to on Facebook and Twitter? Online Producer Michael Hugill cuts out the stats and pastes in the more interesting social media stories (in a picture book format no less).

By: Michael Hugill, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 12 Nov 2012