Blog archive: December 2024

AMRI

Searching for snails across the Pacific, part 1: Rarotonga, Cook Islands

After years of studying snails on Australia’s Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island, Drs Isabel Hyman and Frank Köhler began to cast their net wider in search of closely related species.

AMRI

More than just pretty shells: AMRI researchers study diverse family of gastropods

AMRI researchers are conducting the largest study to date on volutes, a diverse family of shelled molluscs, to expand knowledge about these species, particularly in Australia.

Science

Sally Hurst reflects on her time as a Superstar of STEM

Sally Hurst is a Casual Education Presenter at the Australian Musuem. In this blog, she shares what she has learned through the program and explains why it is so important for rural kids to have role models in STEM to look up to.