Blog archive: June 2021
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The sex life aquatic: How sea snakes have overcome the tricks of sex at sea
When you think of “sensitive” lovers, snakes are probably not the first thing that comes to mind. But our new research reveals how important tactile communication is in the sex lives of snakes.
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AMRI
News from LIRS: a tale of two ichthyophiles: Simon & Chris’ story
Each month, a selected blog from Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation is featured at the AM. For this month, we feature a tale of two ichthyophiles.
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AMRI
Smile for the Camera! Frog mug shots help track the health of frog populations
Can we identify individual frogs from photos of their body patterns? A recently published study has confirmed we can for the Blue Mountains Tree Frog!
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AMRI
Snails in the abyss: New in-depth knowledge
From the deep seas of southern Australia, a previously unknown fauna has started to emerge. In recent publications, Australian Museum Research Associates Dr Anders Hallan and Dr Francesco Criscione name a plethora of venomous deep-sea snails.
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Crustacean research: New fauna of commensal mysids discovered in New South Wales
In the new study exploring the Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate collections, a series of seven species of mysids associated with other marine invertebrates have been discovered in the coastal waters of NSW. Two species are new to science and are named after Stephen Keable and Anna Murray!
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At the Museum
AMplify: Australian innovations for tackling climate change
Listen to Kim McKay AO, AM Director & CEO in conversation with Professor Tim Flannery about the brightest inventions and approaches to reducing emissions and caring for our environment.
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AMRI
This month in Archaeology: Stone hatchets as nut-cracking tools
Why are there pits on ground stone hatchets? These are wood working tools, but could they have been used for cracking seeds and nuts as well? How to find out? Do experiments! For this month in archaeology, we discuss the recent experimental archaeology paper, led by Dr Nina Kononenko.
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Two new species of the world’s largest flying squirrels discovered in the Himalayas by Australian scientists
Australian scientists lead an international team that has described and named two new species of gigantic woolly flying squirrels from the Himalayas.
