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Hydroides of the World: Book out now!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/hydroides-of-the-world-book-out-now/The first ever fully illustrated guide to Hydroides is out now! This genus of calcareous worms is one of the largest and most ecologically and economically important group of marine invertebrates in the world.
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Citizen scientists help date fossil sites
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/citizen-scientists-help-date-fossil-sites/Date a Fossil allows you to be a palaeontologist from home! Scientists engaged 271 citizen scientists in the Date a Fossil project, and in doing so, uncovered hundreds of microfossils in a unique iron-rich fossil site located in McGraths Flat, central New South Wales, Australia.
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Eureka Talks Series: Waste Not, Want Not
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/eureka-waste-not/The 2022 Australian Museum Eureka Prize winners, Dr Jackson Ryan sits down with Professor Veena Sahajwalla to explore the science of decarbonising the world with a recycling revolution.
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The ultimate hide & seek champion: Pygmy blue-tongues can stay hidden in flooded burrows
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-ultimate-hide-and-seek-champion/Did you know that endangered pygmy blue-tongues are champions at holding their breath? These lizards can temporarily suspend their breathing for almost 40 minutes in rain flooded burrows. Kim Michael, recipient of the 2022/23 Peter Rankin Trust Fund for Herpetology, tells us more.
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When an ancient amphibian fossil met a 12-year-old Palaeo-fan
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/when-an-ancient-amphibian-fossil-met-a-12-year-old-palaeo-fan/Arenaerpeton supinatus was a predatory amphibian that lived over 240 million years ago – the fossil of which was found whilst building a retaining wall in 1996. A few months later, this impressive fossil inspired me, a budding 12-year-old palaeontologist.
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Can farm dams help support frog conservation?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/can-farm-dams-help-support-frog-conservation/With the help of tens of thousands of citizen scientists across Australia, scientists from Deakin University and the Australian Museum explored the value of farm dams to frogs and determined what features of dams support more frog species.
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2023 Sydney Science Trail: A record-breaking time!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/2023-sydney-science-trail-a-record-breaking-time/For the fourth year running, the Australian Museum hosted the Sydney Science Trail (August 14-19) – and with record-breaking numbers! Learn how our scientists, education and programming teams took part in this jam-packed program with primary and secondary students, teachers and families.
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Celebrating Dr Anne Hoggett AM and Dr Lyle Vail AM and the 50th anniversary of the Lizard Island Research Station
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/celebrating-dr-anne-hoggett-am-and-dr-lyle-vail-am-and-the-50th-anniversary-of-lirs/At the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation 50th Anniversary dinner, Dr Anne Hoggett AM and Dr Lyle Vail AM were awarded the 2023 Australian Museum Research Institute Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of their tireless work in advancing our understanding of coral reef biology.
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Eureka Talks Series: Zoonotic Diseases
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/eureka-zoonotic-diseases/Delve into the complex world of zoonosis and virus evolution in the second instalment of our Eureka Talks Series.
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Fostering active participation in turtle conservation
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/1-million-turtles/In conversation with Associate Professor Ricky Spencer from the 1 Million Turtles Community Conservation Program, winner of the 2023 Department of Industry, Science and Resources Eureka Prize for Innovation in Citizen Science.
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