Blog archive: October 2015
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All is revealed: the Kermadec Biodiscovery Expedition
The long-awaited volume reporting on discoveries made on the 2011 Kermadec Expedition is now hot off the press.
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The Yeti Crab has a past - a new fossil family of Squat Lobsters
Old fossils reveal new surprises when we know what to look for
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Same same but different – a taxonomic detective story
DNA sequences expose cryptic species of land snail on a remote Kimberley island
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Surviving Australia: Lessons from land snails
Rapid morphological adaptation has helped Australian land snails thrive despite an increasingly inhospitable climate
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Science
Balinese Expressions: Baris Dance
His eyes move up and down, left and right as the brave young warrior seeks his adversaries.
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Bird poo frogs – more species than meets the eye!
Identifying hidden frog species (that look like bird poo) using DNA
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What do beetle taxonomists do on their holidays?
For some reason my family holidays always seem to include good beetle collecting localities, even in the most unlikely places.
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North Queensland Rock-wallabies cause a rethink of biological theory
Rock-wallabies teach us about evolution, as well as looking cute
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Science
Our Global Neighbours: Javanese Shadow Puppets
Even foreigners know it as wayang kulit, literally shadow hide, puppet or shadow theatre.
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The Australian Museum Research Institute gets a worm!
A team of researchers celebrates the Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI) by naming a new species of calcareous tubeworm!
