Blog archive: March 2021
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AMRI
A journey through time and place in search of a snake
How was the Australian Keelback snake (Tropidonophis mairii) named? A historical investigation has led to the identification of where the snake came from – but with a twist.
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AMRI
A new species of tiny horned frog found at the top of a mist-shrouded mountain
An international team from Vietnam, the UK and Australia set off on a mission to find Critically Endangered frog species in the Hoang Lien Range in northern Vietnam – and on the way, they found a species new to science!
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At the Museum
Vale Chief Jerry Taki Uminduru, southern Erromango, Vanuatu
The recent passing of Chief Jerry Taki Uminduru, (1942- 2021) a Vanuatu Cultural Centre Fieldworker from southern Erromango Island, has brought great sadness to everyone who had the privilege of knowing and working with him.
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AMRI
Australian abyssal worms: research reveals the unnamed species living in our deep-sea environments
A recently published international study including 30 authors from 19 institutions, led by the Australian Museum, has indicated that over 50 new species of marine worm from the eastern Australian abyss await to be described and named.
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AMRI
A tiny frog with tusks rediscovered on the New England Tablelands and North West Slopes of eastern Australia
All is not lost for an endangered population of frogs – the Tusked frog (Adelotus brevis) of the New England Tablelands and Nandewar regions has been rediscovered after fears of their extinction.
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At the Museum
Celebrating Women of the AM
Today is a significant day for the Australian Museum. On this International Women’s Day, the AM has announced the first Indigenous appointment to the AM’s executive leadership team, as we welcome Laura McBride as Director, First Nations.
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AMRI
Drought, dung and destruction
Dung beetles may not be the first animals to come to mind when thinking about the organisms impacted by the 2019-20 intense bushfires - but perhaps they should. We were recently in Northeast NSW to determine the impacts on dung beetle populations.
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AMRI
Lifting the shroud from the marsupials of Turin
Hidden for over a century, a significant historic collection of marsupials and monotremes has been unveiled in Turin, Italy.
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AMRI
This month in Archaeology: The oldest archaeological evidence of insect foods on stone artefacts in the world
New evidence for the oldest insect foods on stone artefacts in the world found in Cloggs Cave in the lands of the Krauatungalung clan of the GunaiKurnai people, in the southern foothills of the Australian Alps
