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At the Museum
Lunchtime Conversation 2021: Chels Marshall & Dr Mariko Smith
Listen to Indigenous systems ecologist Chels Marshall and facilitator Dr Mariko Smith discussing deep cultural knowledge.
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AMRI
Voyage to the deep sea – Destination Unknown
Five AMRI scientists voyage into the deep sea on board the CSIRO research vessel Investigator. Between laboratory preparations and star gazing, excitement builds en route to their destination – a destination that is largely unknown. Alice Yan tells us more about the voyage journey.
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At the Museum
“A singular civic space” Australian Museum’s Project Discover awarded highest honour at the 2021 AIA NSW Architecture Awards
Project Discover has received three major gongs at the 2021 Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) NSW Architecture Awards, including its top honour, the NSW Architecture Medallion.
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AMRI
Putting things the right way around: Identification and distribution of upside-down jellyfish
An AMF/AMRI Postgraduate award helped PhD student, Claire Rowe, provide answers on why upside-down jellyfish have recently appeared in Lake Macquarie, NSW. The search for answers led her to the Gold and Sunshine Coasts in Queensland.
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AMRI
The science behind the stamps: Land snail research on Norfolk Island
Australia Post has just released a new stamp issue featuring two of Norfolk Island’s beautiful endemic land snails – species that are currently the focus of taxonomic and conservation work by AMRI scientists.
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AMRI
The Great Australian Trilobite
A newly discovered trilobite species, found in the collections of the Australian Museum and Geoscience Australia, is the largest species ever unearthed in Australia. At almost double the size of the previous record holder, it is potentially the third largest trilobite species in the world.
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AMRI
All hands-on deck to discover the secrets of the Indian Ocean Territories
Five personnel from the Australian Museum Research Institute have embarked with a team of research scientists from around Australia on an expedition to explore deep-sea marine life around the Indian Ocean Territories.
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AMRI
The sex life aquatic: How sea snakes have overcome the tricks of sex at sea
When you think of “sensitive” lovers, snakes are probably not the first thing that comes to mind. But our new research reveals how important tactile communication is in the sex lives of snakes.
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AMRI
News from LIRS: a tale of two ichthyophiles: Simon & Chris’ story
Each month, a selected blog from Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation is featured at the AM. For this month, we feature a tale of two ichthyophiles.
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AMRI
Smile for the Camera! Frog mug shots help track the health of frog populations
Can we identify individual frogs from photos of their body patterns? A recently published study has confirmed we can for the Blue Mountains Tree Frog!
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AMRI
Snails in the abyss: New in-depth knowledge
From the deep seas of southern Australia, a previously unknown fauna has started to emerge. In recent publications, Australian Museum Research Associates Dr Anders Hallan and Dr Francesco Criscione name a plethora of venomous deep-sea snails.
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AMRI
Crustacean research: New fauna of commensal mysids discovered in New South Wales
In the new study exploring the Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate collections, a series of seven species of mysids associated with other marine invertebrates have been discovered in the coastal waters of NSW. Two species are new to science and are named after Stephen Keable and Anna Murray!
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At the Museum
AMplify: Australian innovations for tackling climate change
Listen to Kim McKay AO, AM Director & CEO in conversation with Professor Tim Flannery about the brightest inventions and approaches to reducing emissions and caring for our environment.
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AMRI
This month in Archaeology: Stone hatchets as nut-cracking tools
Why are there pits on ground stone hatchets? These are wood working tools, but could they have been used for cracking seeds and nuts as well? How to find out? Do experiments! For this month in archaeology, we discuss the recent experimental archaeology paper, led by Dr Nina Kononenko.
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AMRI
Two new species of the world’s largest flying squirrels discovered in the Himalayas by Australian scientists
Australian scientists lead an international team that has described and named two new species of gigantic woolly flying squirrels from the Himalayas.
