Blog archive: June 2024
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AMRI
FrogID dataset 5.0: the largest source of Australian frog data ever released
Close to 800,000 Australian frog records now online and open access for conservation.
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AMRI
Communities on the front line during a frog conservation emergency
During the 2021 winter, frogs across eastern Australia experienced a mass mortality event. While we continue to investigate the cause and impact of these frog deaths, we need your help again this winter to report any sick or dead frogs.
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AMRI
Critical minerals - rare gems
The Australian Museum has recently acquired two examples of rare mineral species faceted as gemstones, Stibiotanatalite, antimony, tantalum, niobium oxide, and Tantalite-(Mn), manganese, tantalum oxide.
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At the Museum
Rare books: the Swainson collection
In 1858 the Australian Museum acquired William Swainson’s collection of books. The story behind the books and the man who collected them can now be explored in a new section of the AM website.
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At the Museum
The Talbot Oration: Taking Climate to the World’s Highest Court
Renowned Pacific climate champion, Cynthia Houniuhi, tells her story of fighting for change in the world's highest court at Australian Museum’s Talbot Oration.
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AMRI
Museum specimens untangle the confusing genetic patterns seen in north-west Australian rock-wallabies
Evaluation of DNA from historical specimens and modern museum samples has enabled an untangling of the complex evolutionary history of four species of rock-wallabies, which are distributed across the Kimberley and Top End.
