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Read the latest news stories from the Australian Museum.
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Controlling Crown of Thorns
Some ground-breaking trials have recently been performed at our Lizard Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef.
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Cultural Collections at the Contemporary Pacific Arts Festival
In April, we attended the CPAF in Melbourne to explore new Pacifica social and cultural initiatives being championed in the state.
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World Migratory Bird Day 2013
To recognise World Migratory Bird Day Australian Museum Streamwatch volunteers participated in a wetlands day at Bicentennial Park.
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Balinese Expressions: Paintings in the Temple
Ceremonies at Pura Bale Batur - four decades apart.
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7 May: Busting the bank (Scotia Arc Expedition 2013)
We have now been trawling at Burdwood Bank for over three days.
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3 May: Answers for class (Scotia Arc Expedition 2013)
We had a fifth grade science class at Heritage Elementary, Escondido, California send us questions about our work.
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2 May: Breaking up is hard to do (Scotia Arc Expedition 2013)
After sampling at the eastern side of the Falklands/Malvinas, we went north and took some samples off the side of the continental shelf.
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28 April: Better living through Chemistry (Scotia Arc Expedition 2013)
At the moment, we are sampling near the Falkland islands (or Malvinas).
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27 April: Green flashes (Scotia Arc Expedition 2013)
Today we went for the deepest and steepest.
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26 April: Sea chickens (Scotia Arc Expedition 2013)
We are still doing some deep trawls, which take up a lot of time, but it is fascinating to see different animals. And speaking of which...
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A Close Encounter of the Climate Kind: Mick Aschroft shares his experiences at the frontier
Two of our researchers are pioneering new techniques for measuring changes in climate on small, and revealing scales.
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25 April: Deeper & deeper (Scotia Arc Expedition 2013)
We are now exploring the deeper parts of the Burdwood Bank.
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24 April: Hump day happiness (Scotia Arc Expedition 2013)
Today marks the middle of our cruise; it's an important milestone to be celebrated!
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23 April: Feeding habits of the Antarctic Scientist (Scotia Arc Expedition 2013)
Introducing special guest blogger, James Tickner.
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22 April: Abandon hope! (Scotia Arc Expedition 2013)
Indeed the wind died down enough for another trawl this morning, but it did not contain the organisms we’d hoped for.
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