Blog archive:
June 2024
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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.
AMRI
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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.
AMRI
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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.
AMRI
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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.
At the Museum
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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.
At the Museum
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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.
AMRI
