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News Stories
Read the latest news stories from the Australian Museum.
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Eat your greens for evolutionary success
New evidence suggests that a vegetarian diet promotes evolutionary diversity in crustaceans.
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In our hands
The new year is always a good time to revisit past goals and realise that it's up to us to make the change we'd like to see around us.
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Same same but different: uncovering the cryptic diversity of Asian horned frogs
Discovering new species of horned frogs, after the fieldwork is done.
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40 days of FrogID: citizen scientists hop to the challenge of saving frogs
Australia's first national frog count has already made leaps and bounds in helping to conserve some of our most threatened animals
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Behind the Scenes with the Aboriginal Archaeology Department
University of Sydney intern Rachelle Ayoub shares experiences from her internship in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeology.
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Knapping and Archaeology: Aboriginal Stone Tools from Western NSW
An interview with Mr. John Frazer who recently donated a collection of over 3 500 Aboriginal stone tools from across the Western NSW region.
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The story of baby Lyuba
How did Lyuba, a 42,000 year-old baby mammoth journey from the Siberian Ice Age to her current location on display at the Australian Museum?
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Glitter restored – The Holtermann 'Nugget'
Did you know we have a newly-restored replica of the largest single mass of gold ever found?
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Searching for giant panda…..poo
On a mountain in China a giant panda spends hours sitting eating but there is no time for us to sit when trying to understand panda diet.
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Sculptor of the dead
Not for the faint of heart, Preparator Katrina McCormick talks taxidermy and skeleton prep at the Australian Museum.
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Tahitian Taumi - Warrior’s Breastplates
Gorgets collected by Captain James Cook during his three voyages to the Pacific Islands.
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Growing food to building exhibitions – a colorful journey
The Museum's magnificent heritage streetscape easily detracts from the triangular shaped brick building behind the Yurong Street wall.
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Estuarine mussel species variation and management
Patterns of genetic variation in the native Australian mussel Xenostrobus securis show that every estuary can be evolutionarily important.
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Our Global Neighbours: Reflection on Kwaio
How indigenous tribal people of Malaita in the Solomon Islands bypassed industrial revolution and (possibly) capitalism.
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