Blog archive: Science
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Transit of Venus tour: Day 1
Australian Museum Members and astronomers Dr Fred Watson and Dr Nick Lomb set off on a 4 day tour to witness the 2012 Transit of Venus.
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Finding frogs: it's all about timing
When it comes to finding frogs in the forests of Vietnam, timing really matters.
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South Australian Oyster Farmers Visit the Museum
Oyster growers Max, Roxanne and Phil Lowe paid us a surprise visit to check on the progress of the South Australian mudworm project.
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DigiVol: Why volunteer?
Julie, Louise and Ron are experienced volunteers who provide insight into why they devote their valuable time, knowledge and skills volunteering weekly on this project. Currently, we have over 60 committed volunteers who digitise valuable entomology specimens/labels, malacology specimens
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Large Muraenid Leptocephali
The stunning video below, shows large leptocephali filmed by divers at three locations within the Indonesian Archipelago from 2009 to 2011.
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Mating Coffin Rays
Roger Lee from the Diving Organisation of University of Technology Sydney (DOUTS) captured this terrific footage of Coffin Rays mating.
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Frogs in nests?
Most of the time, frogs deposit their eggs in a pond or stream and leave their offspring to fend for themselves. Limborg's Frogs, however...
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DigiVol: Thoughts from Vanessa Finney
An interview with Vanessa Finney, Manager Archives and Records who talks about her experiences working with the Digitisation Project.
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Sawfish saw in action
This movie clip shows a sawfish feeding. Sawfishes can slash from side to side with the rostrum to stun, impale or even cut prey fishes in half. The rostrum can also pin fishes to the substrate where they are ingested.
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Larval basslet movies
Fishes of the genus Liopropoma have have extremely long ornate second and third dorsal fin spines during their pelagic larval phase. This ornamentation is lost when the larvae metamophose during the transition between open water habitat and the reefs where Liopropoma species liv
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Corals of Kosrae - The Island of the Sleeping Lady
Dr Zoe Richards has just returned from an expedition to Kosrae, Micronesia, where she was surveying coral biodiversity. In this post, she describes her scuba diving surveys beneath the Island of the Sleeping Lady.
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Corals of Kosrae - The Lelu Ruins
Dr Zoe Richards has just returned from an expedition to Kosrae, Micronesia, where she was surveying coral biodiversity. In this post, she shares her experiences at the ancient and fascinating Lelu ruins.
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Larval whalefish at Apo Island
It is exceedingly rare to see a juvenile whalefish (a tapetail) in shallow water.
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'Water squirting' Common Lionfish
This video is quite amazing; It shows an unusual feeding strategy employed by Common Lionfish.
