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The winner of the Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year, 14-year-old Udayan Rao Pawar, shares the story of his captivating image.

A cup of coffee before going to war.

A Black Swan is caught on video.....body surfing!

This collection of Sydney's earliest natural history paintings is certainly artistic, but is it scientific?

The 'fish folk' recently teamed up with James King from Photography to take x-rays of two predatory fish. What we saw surprised us!

A new book summarises our current knowledge of this huge group of leaf-eating beetles.

How does Australian Museum research compare to that of other international museums?

We've been busy packing up large animal specimens at our storage facility in Alexandria, which we are closing down...

How does our Materials Conservation team move enormous rhinoceros specimens? On giant skateboards of course!

An endangered population of White-fronted Chats now appears to be isolated from all others.

Discovery of an obsidian source on Manus Island reveals ancient trading patterns in Papua New Guinea

A blog series about our Lizard Island Research Station's recovery from the cyclone that hit it on Friday 11 April, 2014.

These little-known crustaceans reign supreme in keeping our seas clean!

New data resolves one scaly-tailed possum mystery but uncovers another...

A blog series about our Lizard Island Research Station's recovery from the cyclone that hit it on Friday 11 April, 2014.