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Our Palaeontology section has just received a very welcome Cultural Gifts Program donation of fossil fish from Blackwater, Queensland.

A functional Ford or a ferocious fossil form.

This year I have been working closely with the Woppaburra Land Trust.

AM Director and CEO Kim McKay talks to Sharni Jones, Manager, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Island Collection at the Australian Museum.

The second woman to be employed on the scientific staff of the Australian Museum.

Discovery at the Australian Museum was brought to a whole new level during my week of work experience.

Who would have thought that superannuation could cause so much angst?

Chinese students explain the elements of Chinese culture in our collection.

AMRI scientists show the power of bio-banking as yet another tool in the war against the illegal wildlife trade.

On his recruitment application for war service in 1918 the only address that 32 year-old Allan McCulloch cited was the 'Australian Museum'.

It's never easy being the (really, really old) new guy, but 'Darren' our new fossilised Diprotodon already feels like part of the family.

Male eastern grey kangaroos can move large distances, but their DNA suggests that sometimes they don't.

Learning by inquisitive exploration.

When entering the recently refurbished Australian Museum in 1910, even the seasoned visitor might have stopped in their tracks.

Is Daddy-long-legs really the most venomous spiders in the world? Are spiders faster than humans? Do all spiders bite? Let's find out.