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Sacred textiles of Tenganan Village in Bali.

Festive season follies from all of us here at Australia's oldest Museum. Happy Sciencemas!

Is it a bat? Is it a plane? If you are an air traveller, you probably have more to do with museums, especially ours, than you think!

Was fish ever on the Australian Museum Curator's breakfast menu?

Tadpoles lure researcher Ronald Altig from Mississippi to the Australian Museum.

Only two marine fan worms from the genus Branchiomma are known from Australia, but new molecular data reveals many more.

When the frogs disappear, there are dramatic consequences.

The 19th century discovery of stone tools – an early clue to our African origin.

After three hours we arrived at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst! Why you ask? To educate, engage and entertain school students.

Our backyard is all the oceans of the world, and it's filling up with junk.

We were part of a revolution in the 1970's and weren't afraid to have it written large on the side of the building.

The curiosity some individuals have with diamonds can lead to obsession and even to crime.

Mini armoured goblin spiders are widespread but rarely noticed despite being orange!

Announcing our Invasive Polychaete Identifier: an Australian web application. Will it help us to ward off potential invaders?

An ancient Javanese tale about a flying turtle.