Blog archive: AMRI
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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.
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Lace corals around Lizard Island
Due to over exploitation for economic uses, stylasterids are considered threatened with extinction. After 33 dives to 29 sites around Lizard Island and the outer reef, Dr Daniela Pica preliminarily identified the presence of up to 11 species.
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Mountain hopping for frogs
Surveying the “roof of Indochina” for two of Vietnam’s most threatened frogs.
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Collaborative frog surveys in the clouds
An expedition linking scientific and traditional knowledge to document frog species in the mountains of Malaita, Solomon Islands.
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Test tubes, tissue and tigers: an internship at the Australian Centre for Wildlife Genomics
Intern Ruby Bruce gives insight into her three weeks at the Australian Museum's innovative wildlife DNA laboratory.
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Six reasons for hope in the face of climate change: Professor Lesley Hughes
Read pioneering ecologist Professor Lesley Hughes's inspiring speech on the occasion of her acceptance of the 2019 AMRI Lifetime Achievement Award.
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The Baru Conservation Alliance: Kwaio-led ecological conservation, education and cultural rejuvenation in the Solomon Islands
Over the past few years local leaders Chief Esau Kekeubata and Tommy Esau have worked with the AM to pioneer community-lead conservation in the heart of mountainous Malaita.
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First animal officially endangered by deep-sea mining
Scaly-footed snails from active black smoker chimneys hit the IUCN Red List of endangered species.
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The not-so-cosmopolitan bloodworm
The bloodworm, Marphysa sanguinea, originally described from the UK was once thought to be found around the world. New evidence reveals this is not the case, it has a much narrower distribution and there are many more species than previously thought.
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New bird species named after AM ornithologist
An extinct species of bristlebird has been discovered in 18-million-year-old rocks in northwestern Queensland
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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.
