Blog archive: AMRI
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This month in Australian Archaeology
Join us each month, as Dr Amy Way discusses new research in Australian Archaeology.
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Islands in the sky: surveying the vertebrate fauna of Coolah Tops
Despite its high biodiversity and biogeographical interest, the fauna of Coolah Tops and the surrounding area is not well known. A recent Australian Museum Expedition to Coolah Tops helped close this gap, as our scientists found a diverse and intriguing fauna.
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Meet Africa’s first pygmy seahorse, the Sodwana pygmy seahorse
Seahorse scientists have identified a new pygmy seahorse species in Sodwana Bay, South Africa, the first of its kind found in African waters and the Indian Ocean.
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A closer look at spectacular red-eyed forest frogs reveals a new species
A charismatic frog with bright red upper eyes emerges from the forests of Cambodia and Vietnam as new to science.
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An unusual tree frog discovered in the mountains of Vietnam
New frogs, not summits, the aim of mountain-climbing biologists
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The Devil in the Detail
The Royal Australian Mint recently released their commemorative coin series. One of the designs was based on this handsome devil, an Australian Museum specimen!
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Hidden in plain sight: introducing the new subspecies of red-tailed black-cockatoo!
Scientists from AMRI, University of Sydney, University of Edinburgh and CSIRO conducted the first comprehensive genetic assessment of the red-tailed black-cockatoo across its entire distribution. The result is a new subspecies!
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Bridging the DNA barcode gap: field sampling of fishes in East Australia
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding provides a new tool to monitor biodiversity in our oceans but the greatest challenge that it faces is a lack of DNA barcode reference libraries. Natural history museums are best placed to come to the rescue in the near future.
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Dots on the map of the Coral Sea
Dr Penny Berents and Amanda Hay recently embarked on a Coral Sea Voyage through the Coral Marine Park. Read more about their discoveries aboard the Iron Joy!
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Hide and seek: eDNA flushes out cryptic marine fauna and aids biomonitoring on coral reefs
Genetic remote-sensing tools, such as environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding, provide new opportunities for scientists to locate endangered and/or elusive marine fauna, and to set new biodiversity baselines on increasingly vulnerable coral reefs.
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Australia's answer to the Easter bunny ... the Easter Bilby!
During this holiday season, we thought that you may like to know more about Australia’s answer to the beloved ‘Easter bunny’… the Easter Bilby!
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Oological odyssey – the wonders of bird eggs
The variation in size, colour and shape of bird eggs is part of what makes them so fascinating! This variety reflects the diversity of Australia’s birdlife.
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Raised from the dead: Species assumed extinct rediscovered on Norfolk Island
Introduced rats and chickens on Norfolk Island love to eat native animals as snacks, and were thought to have wiped out the endemic Campbell’s Keeled Glass Snail … until we recently found a few individuals alive.
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Weird and wonderful larva explained
A strange beetle larva was brought to the Australian Museum. It turned out to be only the third collection of its family in Australia and a new species!
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The invasive tropical jellyfish Cassiopea overstays its welcome in the lakes of NSW
For the past few years several lakes in NSW have been subjected to a seasonal influx in Cassiopea population. Usually at home in far warmer waters, this tropical jellyfish has migrated south to live all year round.
