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Wanted! Eavesdroppers on Red Tree Frog conversations to better understand effects of urbanisation
Recording frog calls with the FrogID app may let us know how they are coping in urban areas.
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How can you tell the difference between a Cane Toad and a native Australian frog species?
Identifying whether a backyard guest is a native frog or a Cane Toad can be tricky: here’s some tips to help.
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AM Research Associate honoured with an AM
AMRI celebrates as one of our very own Research Associates receives a prestigious (and well deserved) award!
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Ice Ages and Butterflyfish
Ice ages impacted terrestrial flora and fauna, but may have also had a dramatic effect on fish by lowering sea levels and reducing habitats.
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Insects at the centre of our world
Aussie Entomologists converged on Alice Springs last month to share their research and learn more about just how important insects are...
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The Last Supper
AMRI staff use DNA to uncover some of the mystery surrounding the diet and behaviour of the Smalltooth Cookiecutter Shark.
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Ruby diversity, Asia to Australia
Study by the AM compared genesis of rubies from two continents at first International Mineralogical Association meeting held in Australia
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International collaborations to conserve amazing amphibians
A short visit with the Australian Museum Herpetology team was the latest step in our long-term collaboration.
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Citizen scientists and rare beetles: a win win for everybody
There’s a proverb about repairing lightbulbs that works well for rare beetles too: "many hands make light work".
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Beautiful beetles and a bit of a headache
Defining, grouping and naming stag beetle species has turned out to be difficult but fun.
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Ongoing speciation in southern semislugs
Helicarion semislugs are abundant from Tasmania to mid-NSW, but how many species are there?
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A massive month of celebrating science at the AM
August was a huge month for AMRI as science took centre stage at the museum.
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Holy mitonuclear co-evolution Robin! Supergene explains local adaptation to divergent climates
Genomic research on the Eastern Yellow Robin reveals a mechanism for local climate adaptation in the absence of a geographical barrier.
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Crossing continents to collaborate on conserving critters
From Bangladesh to the USA to Australia, my passion for biodiversity conservation has taken me far!
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Twelve hundred leagues under the seas
New worm species have been discovered thousands of metres below the ocean surface in the Australian eastern abyss
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