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AMRI

Meagre coral spawning following the 2016 mass bleaching

Anne Hoggett, Director of the Lizard Island Research Station, reports on this season's drastically diminished coral spawning.

Written by Anne Hoggett / Category AMRI / Published 29 November 2016

Museullaneous

DigiVol spotlight on the nudibranch research of Dr Bill Rudman

DigiVol recently scanned new slides from the extensive collection of this AM malacology trailblazer.

Written by Leonie Prater / Category Museullaneous / Published 28 November 2016

Lifelong Learning

Teachers learn about Spiders

Earlier this month, the Australian Museum Research Institute Education team hosted two events for primary and secondary school teachers.

Written by Vanessa Gardos / Category Lifelong Learning / Published 24 November 2016

Museullaneous

AMplify ep 22: Catherine Timbrell, Exhibition Producer of Spiders – Alive & Deadly

How do you help people learn to love one of the most reviled creatures? Catherine Timbrell talks to Kim McKay about the creation of Spiders.

Written by Alice Gage / Category Museullaneous / Published 21 November 2016

AMRI

Clam shrimps galore!

The diverse and ever-expanding number of Australian Clam Shrimp species makes for a promising future in their taxonomy and biodiversity.

Written by Brian Timms / Category AMRI / Published 21 November 2016

AMRI

Australian Freshwater Molluscs

Developed by AMRI scientists, a comprehensive interactive guide to all Australian freshwater molluscs is now freely available to everyone!

Written by Dr Anders Hallan / Category AMRI / Published 17 November 2016

AMRI

European vacations with a worm flavour

AMRI worm researchers attend the 12th International Polychaete Conference and teach taxonomy courses in Europe.

Written by Pat Hutchings, Elena Kupriyanova / Category AMRI / Published 17 November 2016

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Lifelong Learning

Science on the Road hits the Riverina

The Australian Museum went down to the Charles Sturt University campus in Albury for Science on the Road in November.

Written by Ellie Downing / Category Lifelong Learning / Published 16 November 2016

AMRI

Help us find this frog

Call out to property owners in the eastern New England Tablelands, NSW! Help AM scientists locate the tiny Peppered Tree Frog.

Written by Dr Jodi Rowley / Category AMRI / Published 11 November 2016

Museullaneous

The Black Death

The Bubonic Plague terrified Sydney in the early 20th century.

Written by Prue Walker / Category Museullaneous / Published 09 November 2016

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Lifelong Learning

Meet Winny Live Stream

Meet Winny the dinosaur in a special Live Streamed event for Dinosaur Day on Monday 7 November.

Written by Karen Player / Category Lifelong Learning / Published 06 November 2016

AMRI

Hollows as Homes

A unique and exciting project bringing together AMRI research and citizen science.

Written by Richard Major / Category AMRI / Published 04 November 2016

At The Museum

In the Venom Lab with Spider Wrangler Lachlan Manning

Our arachnid guru tells us how and why we are milking spiders for thier venom live in Spiders - Alive & Deadly.

Written by Alice Gage / Category At The Museum / Published 03 November 2016

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Science

Our Global Neighbours: Arctic Ice-cream

And other examples from ingenious Inuit culture.

Written by Stan Florek / Category Science / Published 03 November 2016

Lifelong Learning

Youth Eco Summit 2016

The Youth Eco Summit (YES) 2016 was held in Sydney Olympic Park Showground

Written by Karen Player / Category Lifelong Learning / Published 03 November 2016