Blog archive: June 2019
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At the Museum
Live at the AM podcast: HumanNature 2019 – Lesley Green
Lesley Green (University of Cape Town) considers how environmentalism squares with anti-racism and social justice in the sourcing of `green’ commodities from the sands of South Africa.
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AMRI
'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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At the Museum
New installation in the First Australians Galleries: The Purple House
The Purple House is a home away from home for First Nations dialysis patients.
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AMRI
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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AMRI
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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Science
Tim Flannery on changing the world this World Environment Day
Here's how Australian Museum Distinguished Fellow Tim Flannery believes we can turn around a dystopian vision of the future and change our fate.
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AMRI
A look to the past to predict the future
Jellyfish, anemones and corals can be an oracle for the oceans!
