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Flying there was just as I expected: beautiful panoramas of jewel-coloured ocean with reefs and islands scattered throughout.

The Australian Museum Trust minutes are a continuing source of wonder.

Molecular genetics has revealed some unexpected hopping ability in a poorly known tropical kangaroo.

The discovery of many new species of land snail sheds light on biodiversity patterns in East Timor

Tupaia and Cook - navigators from different cultures.

A man with a passion for fish.

Our Science Communications team recently visited Manly to help out at the Ocean Care Day Festival, now in its 20th year.

Appointed in 1972, Dame Leonie Kramer AC, DBE, was the first female trustee of the Australian Museum.

Increasing heatwaves across Australia impact dramatically on flying-fox populations.

As an amphibian biologist, it's the most common question people ask me, but the answer is more complicated than you'd think.

The Australian Museum Trust Minutes reveals fascinating stories of the life of the museum.

Will the new Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services address all the values of biodiversity?

For such an arid region, the Pilbara supports a great diversity of long-legged flies.

75 years ago the Museum received an intriguing donation, a replica of the Aztec Calendar Stone.

Genetic data reveal the secret world of one of Australia's more elusive marsupial species.