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Extreme citizen science at its best — the Australian Museum Expedition team has succesfully landed on Balls Pyramid. 

Being thrown into the wonderful world of wildlife genomics has never been more eye-opening and exciting!

A seasoned climber's reflections on scaling the world's tallest volcanic stack.

A daring Australian Museum expedition to Lord Howe Island has succeeded in its search for the rare and elusive Lord Howe Island Phasmid.

We spoke to Dr Michael Bowen, one of Australia's leading early career researchers

A new gargoyle-like frog emerges from the limestone rocks of northern Vietnam.

The start of a sedentary marine worm's life is a bit of a mystery. How do they end up choosing where to live out their days?

Australian Museum scientists are in the process of excavating three complete whale skeletons from Lord Howe Island.

The Australian Museum is more than it appears on the surface.

After enjoying six months of alone time in our Spiders — Alive and Deadly exhibition, a Rainforest Scorpion now has her pedipalps full. 

New genomic data resolves the relationships of living rock-wallabies but how their diverse chromosomes evolved still remains a mystery.

Making yesterdays science fiction todays reality Associate Professor Sharath Sriram talks about his Eureka Prizes experience.

On expedition on Lord Howe Island, AM scientists have made an unexpected discovery.

Instrument Scientist extraordinaire Dr Helen Maynard-Casely talks planetary bodies and why she's a scientist!

Clinical psychologist Sophie Li gives us the lowdown on crippling fear of spiders.