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Australian Museum Research Associate Rohan Pethiyagoda and coauthors have recently described a new genus of fish - Dawkinsia, named after evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins.

Our puppet dinosaur, Winny the Muttaburrasaurus, is on a mission to the Beijing Museum of Natural History. Dino Operator and Visitor Events Co-ordinator David Bock discusses preparations.

Our Members were asked what they thought/learned from the Deep Oceans exhibition. Here's what some of them said...  

Papers from the Alma S. Wittlin and Stephen E. Weil Memorial Lectures held during the 22nd General Conference of ICOM, 2010 now online.

Who are the finalists of FLW 2012: Deep Oceans? ...

Over 3500 performers and arts practitioners from across the Pacific are converging in Honiara, Solomon Islands, for the 11th Festival of the Pacific Arts. Our Collections Coordinator Dion Peita reports from Day 5...

Over 3500 performers and arts practitioners from across the Pacific are converging in Honiara, Solomon Islands, for the 11th Festival of the Pacific Arts. Our Collections Coordinator Dion Peita reports from Day 4..  

Over 3500 performers and arts practitioners from across the Pacific are converging in Honiara, Solomon Islands, for the 11th Festival of the Pacific Arts. Our Collections Coordinator Dion Peita reports from Day 3...

Over 3500 performers and arts practitioners from across the Pacific are converging in Honiara, Solomon Islands, for the 11th Festival of the Pacific Arts. Our Collections Coordinator Dion Peita reports from Day 2...

Dream weavers: a new collection of contemporary Maori kete (baskets) acquired by the Australian Museum.

Over 3500 performers and arts practitioners from across the Pacific are converging in Honiara, Solomon Islands, for the 11th Festival of the Pacific Arts. Our Collections Coordinator Dion Peita reports from Day 1...

The young Freshwater Crocodiles, Crocodylus johnstoni, that live in Surviving Australia are growing up.

Paper by Stan Florek presented at the 'Nawi' Conference held at the Australian National Maritime Museum: 31 May - 1 June 2012.

This amazing footage was taken near Warroora Station, Western Australia.

I recently spent a day with some of our Fashion Less Waste 2012: Deep Oceans judges; Louise Olsen from Dinosaur Designs, Kelley Sheenan from Peppermint Magazine and Kelly Elkin from ALAS. It was time to choose the finalists of this fashion design competition.