Blog archive: March 2020
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Weird and wonderful larva explained
A strange beetle larva was brought to the Australian Museum. It turned out to be only the third collection of its family in Australia and a new species!
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The invasive tropical jellyfish Cassiopea overstays its welcome in the lakes of NSW
For the past few years several lakes in NSW have been subjected to a seasonal influx in Cassiopea population. Usually at home in far warmer waters, this tropical jellyfish has migrated south to live all year round.
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The jigsaw: putting together the Bloody Perchlet puzzle
Museum collections provide a treasure trove of undiscovered species, and in this case the newly discovered and beautiful Bloody Perchlet, Plectranthias cruentus, was a jigsaw puzzle put together from old and new.
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Pesky neighbours: diet strategies of reef fish in coastal ecosystems
A new study that uses DNA metabarcoding on cryptic red snapper species (family Lutjanidae), has provided new insights into their diet strategies and adaptations required for their coexistence.
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Bloodlust for Conservation: iDNA an innovation in the search for elusive frogs
A new, DNA-based frog survey technique means bloodsucking insects can help scientists find and conserve threatened frog species.
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How (not) to name a snail
Taxonomists strive to bring order to the chaos we call the diversity of life by naming species and sorting them into higher taxa, like genera and families. Needless to say that this undertaking comes with its own problems.
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A further impact of Cane Toads in northern Australia?
Could the introduced Cane Toad be partly to blame for mid-size mammal declines in northern Australia?
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DNA barcoding sheds light on cryptic silverfish species
The application of DNA barcoding by AM researchers has been used to unravel the species complex of Heterolepisma sclerophyllum, as well as to investigate silverfish phylogenies in the remote islands off Eastern Australia
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The isolated Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby populations of today, were once connected
Although populations of the threatened Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby are now patchily distributed across the mountain ranges of the southeastern Australian semi-arid zone, a new genetic study has revealed evidence of historic connectivity.
