Blog archive: AMRI
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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.
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'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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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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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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A look to the past to predict the future
Jellyfish, anemones and corals can be an oracle for the oceans!
