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Pint-sized perfect: ‘Brenner’s Bobtail’
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/pint-sized-perfect-brenners-bobtail/Not all cephalopods have the profile of the Giant ‘kraken’ but this newly discovered bobtail squid packs a punch. Read about how a new species of squid was discovered in the Okinawa and Yaeyama Islands of the Ryukyu archipelago.
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How (not) to name a snail
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/how-not-to-name-a-snail/Taxonomists strive to bring order to the chaos we call the diversity of life by naming species and sorting them into higher taxa, like genera and families. Needless to say that this undertaking comes with its own problems.
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Australia's answer to the Easter bunny ... the Easter Bilby!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/australias-answer-to-the-easter-bunny-the-easter-bilby/During this holiday season, we thought that you may like to know more about Australia’s answer to the beloved ‘Easter bunny’… the Easter Bilby!
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Oological odyssey – the wonders of bird eggs
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/oological-odyssey-the-wonders-of-bird-eggs/The variation in size, colour and shape of bird eggs is part of what makes them so fascinating! This variety reflects the diversity of Australia’s birdlife.
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Bridging the DNA barcode gap: field sampling of fishes in East Australia
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/bridging-the-dna-barcode-gap/Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding provides a new tool to monitor biodiversity in our oceans but the greatest challenge that it faces is a lack of DNA barcode reference libraries. Natural history museums are best placed to come to the rescue in the near future.
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An Unusual Chair
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/an-unusual-chair/Is Australian Museum Ornithologist, Alfred John North's Thonet chair the only surviving example of this design in Australian asks Virginia Wright?
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“Plague is present in Sydney” – How the 1900 bubonic plague outbreak compares to COVID-19
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/plague-in-sydney/A small pamphlet from the Australian Museum Research Library reveals the public health response to the 1900 bubonic plague outbreak in Sydney.
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The Devil in the Detail
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-devil-in-the-detail/The Royal Australian Mint recently released their commemorative coin series. One of the designs was based on this handsome devil, an Australian Museum specimen!
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Conservation Cold Case
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/what-caused-frog-disappearances-on-the-new-england-tablelands/What caused frog disappearances on the New England Tablelands 40 years ago?
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Afterlife: The coffin and spirit of Egyptian official Neter-Nekhta
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/neter-nekhta-coffin/Discover Neter-Nekhta's coffin and learn about his journey to the kingdom of god.
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