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Less than 100 km to the west of Sydney, a phenomenal rock art record survives in thousands of Blue Mountains rock shelters. These rock art sites hold significant cultural and heritage values and high research potential.

Although restricted to a 15 square kilometre island in the Southwest Pacific Ocean, populations of the endangered Lord Howe Island Woodhen are still maintaining social distancing.

Finding flood-loving forest frogs…..and a fungus?

Dr Elena (Lena) Kupriyanova and her team from the “Worm Lab” (Marine Invertebrates) have been busy during this lockdown period. Have a look at what our scientists have been up to …

What caused frog disappearances on the New England Tablelands 40 years ago?

Reports of fossils at a local garbage tip garnered the attention of fossil enthusiasts; these enthusiasts went on to help museum scientists discover two new species of Australian trilobite.

Mary Soady's legacy is recalled through her illustrative work at the Australian Museum.

Join us each month, as Dr Amy Way discusses new research in Australian Archaeology.

Despite its high biodiversity and biogeographical interest, the fauna of Coolah Tops and the surrounding area is not well known. A recent Australian Museum Expedition to Coolah Tops helped close this gap, as our scientists found a diverse and intriguing fauna.

Seahorse scientists have identified a new pygmy seahorse species in Sodwana Bay, South Africa, the first of its kind found in African waters and the Indian Ocean.

A charismatic frog with bright red upper eyes emerges from the forests of Cambodia and Vietnam as new to science.

New frogs, not summits, the aim of mountain-climbing biologists

Advertising the Australian Museum in the 1920's

The Royal Australian Mint recently released their commemorative coin series. One of the designs was based on this handsome devil, an Australian Museum specimen!

Scientists from AMRI, University of Sydney, University of Edinburgh and CSIRO conducted the first comprehensive genetic assessment of the red-tailed black-cockatoo across its entire distribution. The result is a new subspecies!