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Podcast - Lunchtime Conversation Series: Francheska Cubillo on Albert Namatjira (with Tracey Holmes)
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/lunchtime-lecture-cubillo-on-namitjira-2019/Francheska Cubillo, Churchill Scholar and Senior Curator Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art at the National Gallery of Australia, explores the life and work of iconic artist Albert Namatjira
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Kwaio and AM researchers jointly publish survey results from Malaita, Solomon Islands
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/kwaio_researchers_bird_survey_malaita/The publication of two scientific papers by Kwaio and AM scientists brings the 2018 ornithological expedition to completion. Their research showcases Malaita’s unique bird fauna, including the island’s first record of the elusive Solomons Nightjar!
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Silent nights: frogs, drought and fire
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/frogs_drought_and_fire/It’s now more important than ever to monitor Australia’s frogs.
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The end of a decade: AMRI highlights
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/end-of-a-decade-amri/We have accomplished a lot here at the Australian Museum Research Institute. And what better way to celebrate the end of a decade, and the start of a new one, than recount some of our highlights! Have a look at some of our discoveries, achievements and collaborations.
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The spaghetti project in France: rewriting a classical polychaete tome
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/spaghetti-project-france-rewriting-classical-polychaete-tome/Read how a spaghetti project, named after the buccal tentacles of the seaworm, has led to the description of nine new species of Trichobranchids. Pat Hutchings and Nicolas Lavesque discuss their findings and how this is rewriting the classical polychaete (seaworm) story.
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Pint-sized perfect: ‘Brenner’s Bobtail’
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/pint-sized-perfect-brenners-bobtail/Not all cephalopods have the profile of the Giant ‘kraken’ but this newly discovered bobtail squid packs a punch. Read about how a new species of squid was discovered in the Okinawa and Yaeyama Islands of the Ryukyu archipelago.
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How (not) to name a snail
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/how-not-to-name-a-snail/Taxonomists strive to bring order to the chaos we call the diversity of life by naming species and sorting them into higher taxa, like genera and families. Needless to say that this undertaking comes with its own problems.
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Australia's answer to the Easter bunny ... the Easter Bilby!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/australias-answer-to-the-easter-bunny-the-easter-bilby/During this holiday season, we thought that you may like to know more about Australia’s answer to the beloved ‘Easter bunny’… the Easter Bilby!
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Oological odyssey – the wonders of bird eggs
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/oological-odyssey-the-wonders-of-bird-eggs/The variation in size, colour and shape of bird eggs is part of what makes them so fascinating! This variety reflects the diversity of Australia’s birdlife.
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Bridging the DNA barcode gap: field sampling of fishes in East Australia
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/bridging-the-dna-barcode-gap/Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding provides a new tool to monitor biodiversity in our oceans but the greatest challenge that it faces is a lack of DNA barcode reference libraries. Natural history museums are best placed to come to the rescue in the near future.
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