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The first birds
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/the-first-birds/The first birds had sharp teeth, long bony tails and claws on their hands. The clear distinction we see between living birds and other animals did not exist with early birds. In fact, they were more like small dinosaurs than they were like any bird today.
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How do fossils form?
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/how-do-fossils-form/For a plant or animal to become a fossil, a series of events must occur...
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Dinosaurs getting around
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/dinosaurs-getting-around/Imagining dinosaurs in motion is to bring them truly to life. Mere fossils now become lumbering, bulky, fleet-footed, agile, four-legged, two-legged or even bird-like. How is this transformation possible? What techniques do we use to put muscles on bones and movement into skeletons?
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Herbivorous heavyweights
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/the-dinosaur-giants-club/One group of plant-eaters grew to become the biggest land animals ever. These were the sauropods - impressive long-necked, four-legged giants.
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Peter Rankin - a biographical sketch
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/peter-rankin-a-biographical-sketch/Peter Rankin, a young Australian herpetologist of great promise, was killed in New Caledonia on 2 January 1979 while collecting reptiles.
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What's happening to Australia's biodiversity?
https://australian.museum/learn/science/biodiversity/whats-happening-to-australias-biodiversity/Some scientists believe that we are now witnessing the sixth mass extinction, the only mass extinction caused by a single species - humans.
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Threatened and endangered land snails
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/molluscs/threatened-and-endangered-land-snails/In New South Wales, Australia, ten invertebrate animals have been listed as endangered, three insects and seven landsnails.
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Birds in Backyards: top 30 urban birds
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/birds-in-backyards-top-30-urban-birds/The Birds in Backyards website lists 30 species of bird that are sometimes found in towns and cities.
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Fisheries Permits
https://australian.museum/get-involved/amri/lirs/fisheries-permits/This information is provided as a service to LIRS visitors.
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Volunteering at Lizard Island Research Station
https://australian.museum/get-involved/amri/lirs/volunteering-on-lizard-island-research-station/Volunteer opportunities available at the Lizard Island Research Station.
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