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AM CEO and Director Kim McKay AO in conversation with explorer, scientist and 2007 Australian of the Year, Professor Tim Flannery.

Our team is again drawn toward Malaita’s cloud forests and we find an exciting sign of the giant rat we’re looking for.

Conserving the structures established by long-term evolutionary processes is critical for long-term biodiversity sustainability.

Surprising spiders from our Rare Books collection.

AM Anthropologist Dr Robin Torrence chats with Kim McKay about her research on the function of ancient material on peoples’ daily lives.

Our friends from the Solomon Islands Archipelago are back in Sydney to discuss the results of the first expedition.

Review: a High School perspective.

Anne Hoggett, Director of the Lizard Island Research Station, reports on this season's drastically diminished coral spawning.

DigiVol recently scanned new slides from the extensive collection of this AM malacology trailblazer.

The Australian Museum Research Institute Education team hosted two events for primary and secondary school teachers.

How do you help people learn to love one of the most reviled creatures? Catherine Timbrell talks to Kim McKay about the creation of Spiders.

The diverse and ever-expanding number of Australian Clam Shrimp species makes for a promising future in their taxonomy and biodiversity.

Developed by AMRI scientists, a comprehensive interactive guide to all Australian freshwater molluscs is now freely available to everyone!

AMRI worm researchers attend the 12th International Polychaete Conference and teach taxonomy courses in Europe.

The Australian Museum went down to the Charles Sturt University campus in Albury for Science on the Road in November.