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Lessons on resilience from a bamboo bridge Katherine Gibson and Juan Francisco Salazar (Western Sydney University) explore life within the rhythms of nature in resilient community economies.

In mid-September three AM scientists, Dr Rebecca Johnson, Dr Tim Flannery and Paul Flemons travelled to Honiara and Gala to participate in two workshops to mark 3 years of co-operation in environmental conservation between the Kwaio and the Australian Museum.

A formal introduction to a skink at home on a single range in inland NSW

How habitat disturbance impacts the diet of a forest-dependent frog species.

Currently, we know that Australian bloodworms, traditionally thought to be a single species, make up at least seven different species.

Gabi Hollows talks with Sandra Sully about the work of her late husband Fred and the Fred Hollows Foundation.

Due to over exploitation for economic uses, stylasterids are considered threatened with extinction. After 33 dives to 29 sites around Lizard Island and the outer reef, Dr Daniela Pica preliminarily identified the presence of up to 11 species.

Acclaimed Australian Architect Glenn Murcutt discusses his life and work with Journalist and Broadcaster Sandra Sully.

Dr Terry Percival AM, representing CSIRO WLAN, discusses the invention of Wi-FI

Venture into the cacophonous space of the forest with Macarena Gómez-Barris of the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn USA, as she considers its contested conceptual, indigenous and potentially regenerative narratives

Surveying the “roof of Indochina” for two of Vietnam’s most threatened frogs.

Francheska Cubillo, Churchill Scholar and Senior Curator Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art at the National Gallery of Australia, explores the life and work of iconic artist Albert Namatjira

An expedition linking scientific and traditional knowledge to document frog species in the mountains of Malaita, Solomon Islands.

Professor John Maynard discusses the life and work of Charles Perkins with Kim McKay.

Intern Ruby Bruce gives insight into her three weeks at the Australian Museum's innovative wildlife DNA laboratory.