Blog archive: AMRI
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Secrets of early Pacific tattooing tools
Specialised tools made of obsidian were used for tattooing c.3000 years ago by early Pacific societies.
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Travel the world on the back of a turtle
Hitchhiking on turtles and ship hulls, some species of Podocerus know how to travel while others have gone unsampled for 150 years.
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International Polychaete Day
Celebrating half a century of polychaete research at the Australian Museum.
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The nose knows
Could the odour emitted from a sample of a rhinoceros horn be enough to identify the species that it came from?
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Flipside of the upside-down jellyfish
What brings a tropical jellyfish to the temperate waters off New South Wales?
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A little tiger on the prowl
The newly described Tiger Sandgoby, Nesogobius tigrinus might be small but it is out on the prowl for a mate.
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Papunya: A Precious Collection of the Australian Museum
The Papunya paintings are an Australian national treasure and the Australian Museum's most impressive collection of western desert art.
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Is the demand for amphibians as pets threatening their survival in the wild?
The global trade in wildlife threatens more than just rhinos, elephants and tigers: amphibians are also at risk
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Walking in the footsteps of giants
Searching for Guadalcanal's lost mammals and a new period of scientific expedition in Solomon Islands
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Wildlife Airstrikes: An unusual exception to the rule
The story of one little birds encounter with a helicopter and its legacy of helping humans to avoid such encounters in the future.
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Tanks Everybody!
Have you ever wondered how large fish specimens are stored here in the Australian Museum collections?
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Our current knowledge of the endemic mammals of the Solomon Islands Archipelago
Dr Tyrone Lavery gives us an insight into the research methods and identification of bat and rat species in the Solomon Islands.
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Closing the gap between species discovery and conservation
Ensuring amphibians new to science are considered in conservation strategies.
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Giant Rats and Monkey-Faced Bats of the Solomon Islands Archipelago
The AM launches an expedition to the Solomon Islands and Bougainville to discover more about fascinating mammals of the western pacific.
