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Funnier than the original: Introducing the Western Laughing Tree Frog
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/funnier-than-the-original/Citizen scientists across Australia have helped uncover a frog species new to science in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and western Queensland. Find out more about this funny Aussie frog, which has a longer ‘laugh’ than the original tree frog species.
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A new global update on amphibians reveals species threatened with extinction
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/a-new-global-update-on-amphibians-finds-one-in-five-species-threatened-with-extinction/The first global update on amphibians in almost two decades reveals the emerging threat of climate change, and a continuing decline in the status of frogs and other amphibians. The study finds 1 in 5 Australian species, and 2 in 5 global species, threatened with extinction.
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Smells like home: Assessing the differences in odour profiles of Shingleback lizards
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/smells-like-home/As part of her PhD research, Dr Amber Brown, with supervisors Dr Greta Frankham, Dr Maiken Ueland and Dr Barbara Stuart, assessed Shingleback lizard odour profiles across the species distribution. This resulted in a new method of detecting and identifying this highly trafficked and smuggled species.
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Back from the brink: Snail success stories
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/back-from-the-brink-snail-success-stories/Members of the Australian Museum Malacology team – Dr Frank Köhler and Dr Isabel Hyman – and Taronga Zoo colleague, Parnee Bonson, visited Phillip Island as part of the AM-led Norfolk Island expedition. The team were on the look-out for Critically Endangered snails, and the results were astounding!
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Safeguarding Australia's unique botanical diversity
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/dr-noushka-reiter/In conversation with Dr Noushka Reiter, winner of the 2023 Australian Institute of Botanical Science Eureka Prize for Excellence in Botanical Science.
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Something to whistle about: Two “whistling” frogs in South Australia new to science
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/whistling-frogs/A taxonomic assessment of the Brown Tree Frog reveals two additional undescribed species in South Australia, including a species endemic to Kangaroo Island.
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The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28)
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/climate-change-conference-cop28/The United Nations Climate Conference (COP28), currently underway in the United Emirates is the first time that the Australian Museum (AM) has been invited to participate in this global event.
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Egypt - In Conversation: An Introduction to Egypt
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/introduction-to-egypt/In the first instalment of the Australian Museum’s exclusive Egypt - In Conversation series, curator and Egyptologist Dr Melanie Pitkin sits down with journalist and passionate Egyptophile Caroline Baum for An Introduction to Egypt.
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FrogID Week 2023 – over 31,000 frog records gathered across Australia
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/frogid-week-2023/The sixth annual FrogID Week has once again rapidly gathered data for frog conservation thanks to tens of thousands of citizen scientists.
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Vale Michael R.B. Gray, former Australian Museum Arachnologist
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/vale-michael-gray-arachnologist/In late August 2023 we sadly farewelled a former colleague, arachnologist Dr Michael Gray, who passed away at the end of July, age 81 years.
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