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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Seeking sun-baking, bottom-dwelling, upside-down jellyfish
Monitoring the invasive upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea) in Lake Macquarie.
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Echidnas in the illegal wildlife trade
We are now closer to investigating this trade thanks to the first steps in developing a forensic DNA toolbox to determine the source country of short beaked echidnas.
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Why do birds fly south? Well actually, it turns out they don’t much - in the case of the Common Myna . . .
Why do birds fly south? Well actually, it turns out they don’t much - in the case of the Common Myna . . .
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Hopping to it in the New England Tablelands
Surveying frog species on the New England Tablelands to help understand how they are faring.
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Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 2018 – People's Choice Competition Winner
One winner was chosen from almost 7,000 entries!
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Members' day trip to the National Museum of Australia, Canberra
A fabulous road trip down the Hume.
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Battle against cosmopolitanism
A trip to Russia on a quest for a type of worm that is reported to be widely distributed.
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Exploring the Deep-sea Life Living on Underwater Mountains
Four scientists from the Australian Museum Research Institute joined a team of researchers from around Australasia on an expedition to explore the deep-sea marine life inhabiting seamounts south of Tasmania.
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Generalists are the most urban-tolerant birds
We used a novel method, integrating large datasets, to identify the ‘urbanness’ of Australian birds
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At The Museum
Live at the AM: HumanNature 2018 - Bruce Pascoe
Bruce Pascoe’s ground-breaking research completely reconsiders the notion of pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians as hunter-gatherers.
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Missing frog rediscovered on the New England Tablelands of NSW after more than 40 years
Surveying for the Peppered Tree Frog, we rediscovered the Endangered Booroolong Frog on the Northern Tablelands of NSW.
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Live at the AM. HumanNature 2018 - Rob Nixon
Environmental martyrs put their bodies and lives on the line. Some activists remain anonymous, while others gain posthumous fame and power, their deaths becoming a rallying call for others to join the cause.
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Surveying Frogs with the Help of Mosquitos
Can DNA from the bellies of parasites lead us to rare frogs? We’ve been in the field to find out.
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Surveying the frog diversity of a remarkable corner of the Australian Alps
The Australian Museum joins a Bush Blitz team to discover the biodiversity of the ACT.
