Australian Museum
News Stories
Read the latest news stories from the Australian Museum.
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A new species of frog discovered from the forests of Cambodia and Vietnam
A tiny little frog that looks almost the same as another species has just been revealed from the imperiled forests of Southeast Asia
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Expedition to Swain Reefs
According to Gilbert Whitley '...surely the spirits of the Barrier Reef naturalists may haunt the heavenly air of Heron Island'
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Teaming up to help fight the illegal rhino horn trade
AMRI, Scottish and Vietnamese wildlife forensic scientists excited to see the difference their collaboration can make to real-world issues
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Our Global Neighbours: Bismarck's Imperial Commissioner
Race, anthropology and German colonial venture in Melanesia.
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A Cave Made to Order
The Australian Museum used to have its own richly-decorated limestone cave
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All is revealed: the Kermadec Biodiscovery Expedition
The long-awaited volume reporting on discoveries made on the 2011 Kermadec Expedition is now hot off the press.
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The Yeti Crab has a past - a new fossil family of Squat Lobsters
Old fossils reveal new surprises when we know what to look for
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Same same but different – a taxonomic detective story
DNA sequences expose cryptic species of land snail on a remote Kimberley island
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Surviving Australia: Lessons from land snails
Rapid morphological adaptation has helped Australian land snails thrive despite an increasingly inhospitable climate
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Balinese Expressions: Baris Dance
His eyes move up and down, left and right as the brave young warrior seeks his adversaries.
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Bird poo frogs – more species than meets the eye!
Identifying hidden frog species (that look like bird poo) using DNA
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What do beetle taxonomists do on their holidays?
For some reason my family holidays always seem to include good beetle collecting localities, even in the most unlikely places.
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