Blog archive: March 2018
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Museullaneous
Treasures podcast ep 3: Charles Darwin and the curator’s chair
In 1874, Museum Curator Gerard Krefft espoused Darwin's theory of evolution. The Board of Trustees were less than impressed.
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AMRI
How sheep poo can help defend threatened native plants
Are Australia's sheep eating threatened plants? Turns out they've been "dropping" hints...
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Education
Hissing and Hopping through the Australian Museum
Work experience at the museum is one of the best things any aspiring scientist could do.
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AMRI
Nemo won’t find home in an acidified ocean
As oceans become more acid, senses larval fishes need to navigate will become dysfunctional.
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AMRI
Cosmopolitan species: do they exist?
Cosmopolitan species are reported to occur globally in most habitats from the intertidal to abyssal depths, but can the records be trusted?
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Museullaneous
Treasures podcast ep 2: The great gold nugget and the cricket stumps
In the early 1800s, Sydney was the kind of town where you might win and lose your fortune in a single day.
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Museullaneous
Treasures podcast ep 1: The first and finest gallery in the land
Step inside the Westpac Long Gallery - home of 200 Treasures of the Australian Museum.
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At the Museum
Learning language in GADI
You probably know how to say "hello" in French – but do you know the word in Sydney language?
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AMRI
Are isopods on the naughty or nice list?
There's no such thing as a bad crustacean isopod, not even those parasitic sea lice!
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Museullaneous
WeDigBio – a four-day, worldwide transcription blitz
How DigiVol is encouraging citizen scientists to participate in digitising natural history collections.
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Museullaneous
baya-ngara: read/speak knowledge
Native Legends is considered the earliest published piece of writing by an Aboriginal author.
