Blog archive: June 2017
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Science
Our Global Neighbours: Baohua LI and Yikun LI at the Australian Museum
Chinese students explain the elements of Chinese culture in our collection.
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AMRI
Genetics and bio-banking as a tool for detecting wild poached animals in the illegal pet trade
AMRI scientists show the power of bio-banking as yet another tool in the war against the illegal wildlife trade.
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Museullaneous
1910s: Allan McCulloch - A New Breed of Scientist for the 20th Century
On his recruitment application for war service in 1918 the only address that 32 year-old Allan McCulloch cited was the ‘Australian Museum’.
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Museullaneous
Meet Darren the Diprotodon!
It's never easy being the (really, really old) new guy, but 'Darren' our new fossilised Diprotodon already feels like part of the family.
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AMRI
Male kangaroos don’t always move far from home
Male eastern grey kangaroos can move large distances, but their DNA suggests that sometimes they don’t!
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Science
Unmasking Culture – the snippets of history behind the Malagan masks
Learning by inquisitive exploration.
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Museullaneous
1900s: King of the Beasts – Sculpture Taxidermy at the Australian Museum
When entering the recently refurbished Australian Museum in 1910, even the seasoned visitor might have stopped in their tracks.
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Museullaneous
Spiders: Myth or Fact?
Is Daddy-long-legs really the most venomous spiders in the world? Are spiders faster than humans? Do all spiders bite? Let's find out.
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AMRI
The tadpole of a very rare toad revealed
The tadpole of the rare and highly threatened Sterling’s Toothed Toad has remained a mystery, until now.
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AMRI
Spiders that look like ants
AM scientists have discovered two new species of ant-mimic spiders that gain their ant-like appearance in a most unusual way.
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AMRI
In search of undescribed species in northern Australia
Bush Blitz uncovers the remarkable diversity of amphibians and reptiles that call Bradshaw Field Training area home.
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Museullaneous
Loopy or what?
Another bizarre creature identified by our experts in Search and Discover.
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AMRI
New species of Leaf-litter Frog discovered from Vietnam
A small, zig-zag striped frog has just been discovered in Vietnam
