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Science

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.

Animal mimicry can become ineffective if it is used too often, and these canny fish know it.

Life in science in a time of war.

Sydney University historian investigates.