Blog archive: AMRI
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Devastating coral bleaching in 2024
The fifth mass bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef in the past eight years was declared in April 2024.
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Where are Australia’s frogs? Introducing the latest Australian Frog Atlas
With seven new frog species described to science and over a million frog records at our fingertips, we revise and update the Australian Frog Atlas – the most detailed, up-to-date distribution maps of all Australia’s 254 frog species.
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Norfolk Island Polynesian adze-making site results just published
The first new archaeological site excavated on Norfolk Island in almost 30 years expands our knowledge of local Polynesian settlement. Evidence from a recently excavated stone-working site has now been published in the journal Archaeology in Oceania.
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Three new endemic species of Weedfish from Temperate Australia
Living among the seaweed of our temperate rocky reefs are fishes of the family Clinidae, aptly called Weedfish.
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Landmark study reveals new ‘Tree of Life’ for all birds living today
The culmination of a decade-long research study involving scientists from across the globe working on the Bird 10,000 Genomes Project (B10K), which aims to sequence the complete genomes of every living bird species.
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Exploring diversity in Australia’s banjo frogs or ‘pobblebonks’
The Australian banjo frogs or ‘pobblebonks’ are a spectacular group of four medium to large (3–9 cm) burrowing frog species, recognisable by their distinctive ‘bonk’ and ‘tok’ mating calls (which sound similar to the pluck of a banjo string).
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Combating climate change with olivine
Tim Flannery discusses an exciting mineral, olivine and how it can be used to tackle climate change.
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Lacking tooth and claw: Fighting frogs reveal their true colours
Our new research published in the journal Evolutionary Ecology aimed to unravel the ways male frogs identify other males as territorial threats, the results surprised us.
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My time at the Australian Museum, what it was like and how I've grown
In October 2023, Justine Charles joined the Marine Invertebrates Department for work experience. This is how she spent her week.
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Vale Michael R.B. Gray, former Australian Museum Arachnologist
In late August 2023 we sadly farewelled a former colleague, arachnologist Dr Michael Gray, who passed away at the end of July, age 81 years.
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Something to whistle about: Two “whistling” frogs in South Australia new to science
A taxonomic assessment of the Brown Tree Frog reveals two additional undescribed species in South Australia, including a species endemic to Kangaroo Island.
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FrogID Week 2023 – over 31,000 frog records gathered across Australia
The sixth annual FrogID Week has once again rapidly gathered data for frog conservation thanks to tens of thousands of citizen scientists.
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Fighting the flames – how did frogs fare after the Black Summer bushfires?
FrogID citizen science data collected before and after the bushfires shows where frog populations persisted and where they might need our help.
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The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28)
The United Nations Climate Conference (COP28), currently underway in the United Emirates is the first time that the Australian Museum (AM) has been invited to participate in this global event.
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Back from the brink: Snail success stories
Members of the Australian Museum Malacology team – Dr Frank Köhler and Dr Isabel Hyman – and Taronga Zoo colleague, Parnee Bonson, visited Phillip Island as part of the AM-led Norfolk Island expedition. The team were on the look-out for Critically Endangered snails, and the results were astounding!
