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News Stories
Read the latest news stories from the Australian Museum.
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Three tiny, green-blooded frogs sing like birds
All three species of tiny, pointy snouted, green-blooded frogs from the forests of Vietnam have unique, bird-like calls
AMRI
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The Australian Museum Science Festival 2015
Each year the Australian Museum celebrates National Science Week with the Australian Museum Science Festival (AMSF).
At the Museum
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AMRI ichthyologist awarded top honour
AMRI Senior Fellow Dr Jeff Leis receives the most prestigious award in fish systematics
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Recovering a 'lost collection' - the Saemann minerals
Not much has been written about our oldest surviving mineral collection because for more than 150 years it’s been almost lost to sight.
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DigiVol: Thespians, gourmets, travellers… citizen scientists
Find out more here about two very different experiences shared by DigiVols outside of the lab.
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Streamwatch MicroVols
The Citizen Science program Streamwatch now has volunteers working in the Australian Museum Entomology lab.
Education
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1939 Simpson Desert Expedition
The first expedition to the Simpson Desert by a member of the Museum staff.
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Assessing the genetic diversity of captive Greater Bilby populations
How well do captive breeding programs conserve genetic diversity?
AMRI
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Sydney fly turns up in Los Angeles
The origin and distribution of a little yellow fly is solved after 90 years.
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Monitoring life on the beach
How much do the methods we use matter when monitoring the tiny critters that call the beach home?
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The Biggest Fish - New South Wales New State Emblem
Behind the recent announcement of the new NSW state fossil emblem the fossil fish Mandageria fairfaxi lies a truly remarkable story.
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Teaching entomology in Papua New Guinea: part two
Teaching a group of dedicated entomologists in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
AMRI
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Another cosmopolitan species hits the dust!
We reveal that a widespread marine worm species is actually several undescribed species, each known from restricted localities.
AMRI
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Letter from the Simpson Desert Expedition 2015: back in Birdsville
The fifth missive from journalist Jo Stewart, who is documenting the work of our science team in the Simpson Desert.
Science