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Prehistoric sea scorpions once terrorised Australia
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/prehistoric-sea-scorpions-once-terrorised-australia/

A new study has revealed an unexpected diversity of fossil sea scorpions (distant cousins of modern-day scorpions) that once swam across Australia, between 390–436 million years ago.

A new “type” of Pig-footed Bandicoot
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/a-new-type-of-pig-footed-bandicoot/

The original description of the now extinct Australian Pig-footed Bandicoot was based on one specimen, since lost, from which the tail was missing. New research, from the Australian Museum and Western Australian Museum, has nominated a replacement…

Chasing endemic land snails on Lord Howe Island
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/chasing-endemic-land-snails-on-lord-howe-island/

Climbing high mountains, leaping out of boats, winching out of helicopters … we are prepared to do it all, and more, for endemic snails!

The Leaf-litter Frog mystery in the Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/leaf-litter-frog-mystery-in-the-cardamom_mountains/

Although Leaf-litter Frogs are found throughout the forests of Southeast Asia, only a single individual had been recorded in the Cardamom Mountains. This has now changed, with the scientific discovery of the Cardamom Leaf-Litter Frog, named in honour of Cambodian Herpetologist Thy Neang.

A tad mysterious: The identity of five fabulous funnel-mouthed tadpoles revealed
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/five-fabulous-funnel-mouthed-tadpoles/

When it comes to surveying for rare and threatened frog species, it’s important to be able to identify the tadpoles too!

How does a land snail become a threatened species?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/how-does-a-land-snail-become-a-threatened-species-/

September 7th, the day the last thylacine died in captivity in 1936, is National Threatened Species Day. Founded to raise awareness of Australia’s plants and animals at risk of extinction, it’s also the occasion of Australia’s Threatened Species Bake-off.

Do frogs have accents?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/frog-accents/

Citizen scientists enable us to understand just how much frog calls change over time and space.

This month in Archaeology: Early South Australian Riverland occupation dates to at least 29,000 years ago
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/this-month-in-archaeology-early-south-australian-riverland-occupation/

Recently published research in Australian Archaeology has vastly extended the known timeline of Aboriginal occupation in the Riverland region of South Australia, Dr Amy Way discusses.

2020 AM Eureka Prizes: Meet the scientist who is tackling stigma around mental health
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/eureka-prizes-gemma-sharp/

How do they do it? Meet some of the 2020 AM Eureka Prizes finalists.

2020 AM Eureka Prizes: Meet the science educator who knows no bounds
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/eureka-prizes-2020-Corey-Tutt/

How do they do it? Meet some of the 2020 AM Eureka Prizes finalists.