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Sorting out some overlooked skink lizards using museum collections.

Fossicking among our collections often reaps intriguing rewards, as my colleague Dr Jan Strugnell from James Cook Uni and I have discovered

Knowledge from traditional owners and modern genetics has enabled improved management of the black-footed rock-wallaby in South Australia

From suburban Sydney to the most remote parts of the country, FrogID citizen scientists are helping to better understand Aussie frogs.

The 2018 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes are now open!

Every day is Halloween for these tiny shrimp and visiting researcher Dr José Guerra Garcia loves to celebrate with those in the AMRI collection

And there is certainly no shortage of flies in Brazil - all needing to be studied!

Steering your boat into the wind.

New evidence suggests that a vegetarian diet promotes evolutionary diversity in crustaceans.

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.

Discovering new species of horned frogs, after the fieldwork is done.

Australia's first national frog count has already made leaps and bounds in helping to conserve some of our most threatened animals

University of Sydney intern Rachelle Ayoub shares experiences from her internship in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeology.

An interview with Mr. John Frazer who recently donated a collection of over 3 500 Aboriginal stone tools from across the Western NSW region.

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?