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AMRI
Collaborative frog surveys in the clouds
An expedition linking scientific and traditional knowledge to document frog species in the mountains of Malaita, Solomon Islands.
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At the Museum
Podcast – Lunchtime Conversation Series: John Maynard on Charles Perkins
Professor John Maynard discusses the life and work of Charles Perkins with Kim McKay.
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AMRI
Test tubes, tissue and tigers: an internship at the Australian Centre for Wildlife Genomics
Intern Ruby Bruce gives insight into her three weeks at the Australian Museum's innovative wildlife DNA laboratory.
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At the Museum
Podcast – Lunchtime Conversation Series: Author Thomas Keneally
Listen to the live recording of Schindler's Ark author Thomas Keneally in conversation with AM Director Kim McKay.
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AMRI
Six reasons for hope in the face of climate change: Professor Lesley Hughes
Read pioneering ecologist Professor Lesley Hughes's inspiring speech on the occasion of her acceptance of the 2019 AMRI Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Explore magazine
The future of the AM: Project Discover
The AM is creating a renewed museum to match its world-class collection.
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AMRI
The Baru Conservation Alliance: Kwaio-led ecological conservation, education and cultural rejuvenation in the Solomon Islands
Over the past few years local leaders Chief Esau Kekeubata and Tommy Esau have worked with the AM to pioneer community-lead conservation in the heart of mountainous Malaita.
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AMRI
First animal officially endangered by deep-sea mining
Scaly-footed snails from active black smoker chimneys hit the IUCN Red List of endangered species.
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AMRI
The not-so-cosmopolitan bloodworm
The bloodworm, Marphysa sanguinea, originally described from the UK was once thought to be found around the world. New evidence reveals this is not the case, it has a much narrower distribution and there are many more species than previously thought.
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AMRI
New bird species named after AM ornithologist
An extinct species of bristlebird has been discovered in 18-million-year-old rocks in northwestern Queensland
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At the Museum
Live at the AM podcast: HumanNature 2019 – Craig Santos Perez
Experience the award-winning eco-poetry of Craig Santos Perez from the University of Hawaiʻi, as he reflects on the vital role of Pacific literature in the environmental movements of Oceania.
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AMRI
Women-led frog conservation in mountainous Malaita, Solomon Islands
From the Solomon Islands Eyelash Frog to green-blooded skinks, the upcoming herpetology expedition to Malaita is certain to reveal a plethora of strange and marvellous creatures.
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At the Museum
Live at the AM podcast: HumanNature 2019 – Lesley Green
Lesley Green (University of Cape Town) considers how environmentalism squares with anti-racism and social justice in the sourcing of `green’ commodities from the sands of South Africa.
