Blog archive:
June 2025
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Te wa hou o Matariki me Puanga – A stellar celebration is born
Logan Metcalfe, Pasifika Collections Officer at the Australian Museum, reflects on Māori New Year celebration, Te wa hou o Matariki me Puanga that marks stellar renewal.
At the Museum
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Hybrid frogs discovered: A hidden threat to an endangered frog
Genetic data has revealed that the endangered Booroolong Frog is breeding with a more common species, the Eastern Stony Creek Frog, and we must now consider the risks that hybrids may pose to our threatened species.
AMRI
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Ice Age shelter high up in the Blue Mountains reveals Aboriginal heritage from 20,000 years ago
New research funded by the Australian Museum Foundation, and published in Nature Human Behaviour, indicates Dargan Shelter was occupied as early as the last Ice Age.
AMRI
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Lantern slides and platypus diplomacy: David Fleay’s legacy at the Archives
Sydney University students are the first to explore conservation pioneer David Fleay’s collections in the Australian Museum’s Archives. In this blog, they describe their project to solve a platypus mystery.
At the Museum
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Homecoming! A journey from stress to success for Norfolk Island snails
It’s been five years since Norfolk Island local, Mark Scott, showed Malacologists from the Australian Museum a small living population of a snail species previously feared to be extinct. After a successful ex situ captive breeding program, scientists are bringing their descendants back home.
AMRI
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The Talbot Oration: Climate Action - in Our National Interest
The Hon Matt Kean, Chair of The Climate Change Authority, took to the stage as the 2025 Talbot Oration speaker, bringing his bold vision on climate action to the forefront.
At the Museum
