Blog archive: July 2019
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Explore magazine
The future of the AM: Project Discover
The AM is creating a renewed museum to match its world-class collection.
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AMRI
The Baru Conservation Alliance: Kwaio-led ecological conservation, education and cultural rejuvenation in the Solomon Islands
Over the past few years local leaders Chief Esau Kekeubata and Tommy Esau have worked with the AM to pioneer community-lead conservation in the heart of mountainous Malaita.
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AMRI
First animal officially endangered by deep-sea mining
Scaly-footed snails from active black smoker chimneys hit the IUCN Red List of endangered species.
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AMRI
The not-so-cosmopolitan bloodworm
The bloodworm, Marphysa sanguinea, originally described from the UK was once thought to be found around the world. New evidence reveals this is not the case, it has a much narrower distribution and there are many more species than previously thought.
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AMRI
New bird species named after AM ornithologist
An extinct species of bristlebird has been discovered in 18-million-year-old rocks in northwestern Queensland
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At the Museum
Live at the AM podcast: HumanNature 2019 – Craig Santos Perez
Experience the award-winning eco-poetry of Craig Santos Perez from the University of Hawaiʻi, as he reflects on the vital role of Pacific literature in the environmental movements of Oceania.
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AMRI
Women-led frog conservation in mountainous Malaita, Solomon Islands
From the Solomon Islands Eyelash Frog to green-blooded skinks, the upcoming herpetology expedition to Malaita is certain to reveal a plethora of strange and marvellous creatures.
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