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AMRI

A joint Ichthyology and Ornithology excursion to Coolah Tops helps fill in gaps in both collections.

What do frogs eat in the wild? Everything that moves? Or are they more picky?

It's taken some serious investigation across three countries to solve some 150 year old mysteries about two Australian frog species.

Citizen science data is valuable for assessing avian biodiversity metrics within urban greenspaces

Solving the mystery of the museum's moa.

The Antarctic bristle worms Ophryotrocha orensanzi, were shown to be circumpolar, thus challenging some generally held opinions.

The identification of an unusual flying-fox found in Sydney raised more questions than answers

Despite their proven predilection for carbohydrates, when the weather changes so does the diet of inner-city ibis.

Sandy beaches are a great ecological unknown. Who knew?

How small brown frogs are helping us understand the drivers of biodiversity in Asia.

Are Australia's sheep eating threatened plants? Turns out they've been "dropping" hints...

As oceans become more acid, senses larval fishes need to navigate will become dysfunctional.

Cosmopolitan species are reported to occur globally in most habitats from the intertidal to abyssal depths, but can the records be trusted?

There's no such thing as a bad crustacean isopod, not even those parasitic sea lice!

A new IUCN report reveals that nearly every second freshwater species on some of the islands off East Africa are threatened with extinction.