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AMRI

Installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney showcases pieces from our collection

After being on display for two decades at the AM, the Chapman Collection is about to embark on a journey to regional NSW. The Collection is home to hundreds of perfectly formed and beautiful crystals; delightful displays of light, colour and chemical diversity.

Monitoring the invasive upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea) in Lake Macquarie.

We are now closer to investigating this trade thanks to the first steps in developing a forensic DNA toolbox to determine the source country of short beaked echidnas.

Why do birds fly south? Well actually, it turns out they don’t much - in the case of the Common Myna . . .

Surveying frog species on the New England Tablelands to help understand how they are faring.

Grey-headed Flying-foxes feast on seasonally abundant cicadas.

A trip to Russia on a quest for a type of worm that is reported to be widely distributed.

Four scientists from the Australian Museum Research Institute joined a team of researchers from around Australasia on an expedition to explore the deep-sea marine life inhabiting seamounts south of Tasmania.

We used a novel method, integrating large datasets, to identify the ‘urbanness’ of Australian birds

Surveying for the Peppered Tree Frog, we rediscovered the Endangered Booroolong Frog on the Northern Tablelands of NSW.

Can DNA from the bellies of parasites lead us to rare frogs? We’ve been in the field to find out.

The Australian Museum joins a Bush Blitz team to discover the biodiversity of the ACT.

If a kingfisher is caught in a net, does it reside in the forest?

A recent survey of reptiles in the Kimberley region, by the Australian Museum Herpetology team finds some of the least known reptile of Australia.