Blog archive:
May 2014

A special issue of the Technical Reports of the Australian Museum reveals the current state of knowledge on the Koala retrovirus.

Finding out how frogs move around might be key to conserving unique dryland frog communities.

The best time to gather information about a species is before they decline.

A very famous (replica) skeleton of an extinct species of early humans is now on display. Here's the story of its construction.

A chance to say thank you to all the Museum's wonderful volunteers.

A larval flounder with a long projection on its snout made waves in the fish section.

We're very excited that the Museum’s 5th mobile application has been released.

Why was Charles Hedley ordered to stop work on his paper?

Megan is the first virtual volunteer on the DigiVol portal (formerly Biodiversity Volunteer Portal, BVP) to transcribe 16,000 records.

A host of spore-producing parasites may be waiting in the wings for a chance to attack amphibians.

One of the Australian Museum’s earliest Curators was not only an industrious man of science but one ahead of his time.

The entries are in, now over to our judges for the hard part.

Have you heard about the Biodiversity Volunteer Portal? You might be suprised by where it will lead you.  

Newly discovered species of praying mantises are adapted to Australia's arid climate.

Fossils are more than intriguing ancient objects. They can reveal much about the past, present and future. What might a fossil shrimp reveal?