Latest from the AM Blog
Writing from the frontiers of science, culture and education, as well as all the latest news from the Museum.
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At The Museum
Live at the AM podcast: HumanNature 2019 – Craig Santos Perez
Experience the award-winning eco-poetry of Craig Santos Perez from the University of Hawaiʻi, as he reflects on the vital role of Pacific literature in the environmental movements of Oceania.
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AMRI
Women-led frog conservation in mountainous Malaita, Solomon Islands
From the Solomon Islands Eyelash Frog to green-blooded skinks, the upcoming herpetology expedition to Malaita is certain to reveal a plethora of strange and marvellous creatures.
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At The Museum
Live at the AM podcast: HumanNature 2019 – Lesley Green
Lesley Green (University of Cape Town) considers how environmentalism squares with anti-racism and social justice in the sourcing of `green’ commodities from the sands of South Africa.
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AMRI
'A rose is a rose is a rose'... but is a city-bird a city-bird?
A new tool for monitoring the “urbanness” of bird communities reveals that some birds are more equal than others.
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At The Museum
New installation in the First Australians Galleries: The Purple House
The Purple House is a home away from home for First Nations dialysis patients.
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AMRI
The remarkable tale of Bathurst’s unique Grassland Dragon
In 1966 two Bathurst naturalists sent some lizards to the Australian Museum. Fifty years later it’s been recognised as a distinct species, and the hunt is on to find it again.
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AMRI
Recent decades have transformed our understanding of marsupial evolution
To celebrate the centenary of the American Mammal Society, we were invited to summarise the major advances in our understanding of marsupial classification and evolution over the last 25 years.
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Science
Tim Flannery on changing the world this World Environment Day
Here's how Australian Museum Distinguished Fellow Tim Flannery believes we can turn around a dystopian vision of the future and change our fate.
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AMRI
A look to the past to predict the future
Jellyfish, anemones and corals can be an oracle for the oceans!
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AMRI
Expedition to Malaita: The return from searching for the island’s smaller fauna
This most recent expedition was invaluable not only for our understanding of the diversity of the island’s smaller fauna, but to further foster Kwaio community conservation areas.
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AMRI
Opening a can of worms
Stemborer moths damage cereal and sugarcane crops globally. Identifying the major pest species is surprisingly difficult.
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AMRI
Economic benefits of rare birds: a case of economic and ecotourism TERNover
Australian birdwatchers generated between $199,000 and $363,000 AUD of economic activity by viewing rare Aleutian Terns at Old Bar, NSW.
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AMRI
Environmental DNA improves the monitoring of coastal wetlands of international importance in South America
Joey Di Battista travelled to Chile to help colleagues determine traces of vertebrate eDNA for ongoing monitoring of invasive species.
