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Science

Follow our scientists as they journey into one of the most remote areas on the planet.

What do a pygmys, dumplings and sucker-bums have in common?

How the craftsmen in the New Guinea Highlands helped to solve an archaeological mystery.

A stone that served humanity for millennia.

Scientists worldwide can access the Museum’s collections through specimen loans.

La Perouse Aboriginal shell artists Esme Timbey and Marylin Russel keep alive a contemporary craft.

Feather stars are beautiful marine animals that may be under threat. A recent AMRI Fellowship study sheds new light on this enigmatic group.

The double life of wooden bow habou-numa from Lake Kopiago.

Researching stone technology in the villages of Papua New Guinea.

The legacy of Reuter Emerich Roth at the Australian Museum.

Warriors in north Queensland rainforest.

A spirit of great men in the Solomon Islands.

A first step in biodiversity conservation is determining which species are most threatened with extinction.

In making the transition from the swamp to the tree-tops, different groups of frogs have evolved in remarkably similar ways.

The profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.