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AMRI

Celebrating half a century of polychaete research at the Australian Museum.

Could the odour emitted from a sample of a rhinoceros horn be enough to identify the species that it came from?

What brings a tropical jellyfish to the temperate waters off New South Wales?

The newly described Tiger Sandgoby, Nesogobius tigrinus might be small but it is out on the prowl for a mate.

The Papunya paintings are an Australian national treasure and the Australian Museum's most impressive collection of western desert art.

The global trade in wildlife threatens more than just rhinos, elephants and tigers: amphibians are also at risk

Searching for Guadalcanal's lost mammals and a new period of scientific expedition in Solomon Islands

The story of one little birds encounter with a helicopter and its legacy of helping humans to avoid such encounters in the future.

Have you ever wondered how large fish specimens are stored here in the Australian Museum collections?

Dr Tyrone Lavery gives us an insight into the research methods and identification of bat and rat species in the Solomon Islands.

Ensuring amphibians new to science are considered in conservation strategies.

The AM launches an expedition to the Solomon Islands and Bougainville to discover more about fascinating mammals of the western pacific.

A severe bleaching event continues around the AM's Lizard Island Research Station, with hopes falling temperatures will bring reprieve

A study not only confirms that Hydroides amri is distinct from Hydroides brachyacantha, but also includes a cryptic species Hydroides nikae.

Three new genera, 17 new species and records on a further 35 known species, this is not the last word on Maerid Crustaceans