Blog archive: AMRI
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Silent nights: frogs, drought and fire
It’s now more important than ever to monitor Australia’s frogs.
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The end of a decade: AMRI highlights
We have accomplished a lot here at the Australian Museum Research Institute. And what better way to celebrate the end of a decade, and the start of a new one, than recount some of our highlights! Have a look at some of our discoveries, achievements and collaborations.
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Remarkable reconciliation ceremony in the Solomon Islands paves way for future partnerships
Decades of tension in Malaita were finally put to rest following an important and influential reconciliation involving the AM and the Kwaio in July 2018
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The spaghetti project in France: rewriting a classical polychaete tome
Read how a spaghetti project, named after the buccal tentacles of the seaworm, has led to the description of nine new species of Trichobranchids. Pat Hutchings and Nicolas Lavesque discuss their findings and how this is rewriting the classical polychaete (seaworm) story.
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Honouring Professor Richard Frankham: Winner of the 2019 Whitley Special Commendation Certificate
Over 50 years in the field of evolutionary genetics and a leader in conservation genetics, we honour Professor Richard (Dick) Frankham, winner of the 2019 Whitley Special Commendation Certificate
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Deck the halls, the corals are spawning!
A scene of utter devastation a few years earlier, this resilient Lizard Island reef is now on the way to recovery. Having experienced two good consecutive summers, the corals have been growing rapidly.
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Peeling away the prejudices: Shark scanning and taxidermy – first in Australia
What to do with such a large fish? The commencement of a 12 month project to preserve, mount and scan a Shortfin Mako.
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Is AI a threat to Citizen Science?
What are the current applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in citizen science? What opportunities and risks are involved?
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Who’s eating Cane Toads and getting away with it?
Did you know some Australian animals have developed a taste for toad?
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A century plus of marineinvertivol
The year was 1994, Nelson Mandela was elected President of South Africa, Paul Keating was Australian Prime Minister and a remarkable association began in the Australian Museum Marine Invertebrates section.
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The language of frogs: what are your backyard frogs saying?
When a frog calls out, what is it saying?
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Solomon Islands archipelago workshops
In mid-September three AM scientists, Dr Rebecca Johnson, Dr Tim Flannery and Paul Flemons travelled to Honiara and Gala to participate in two workshops to mark 3 years of co-operation in environmental conservation between the Kwaio and the Australian Museum.
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The Kaputar Rock Skink – one of New South Wales’ most range restricted reptiles
A formal introduction to a skink at home on a single range in inland NSW
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What does a frog eat when the forest disappears?
How habitat disturbance impacts the diet of a forest-dependent frog species.
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Blood worms – more diverse than fishes can tell
Currently, we know that Australian bloodworms, traditionally thought to be a single species, make up at least seven different species.
