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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.

Published 31 October 2023
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!

Published 06 November 2023
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.

Published 21 November 2023

Eureka Prizes Conservation Orchids Botanical Science
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.

Published 05 December 2023
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.

Published 12 December 2023
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.

Published 16 January 2024

audio Eureka podcast
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.

Published 01 February 2024

FrogID Week FrogID
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.

Published 14 February 2024

arachnology
My time at the Australian Museum, what it was like and how I've grown
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/justine-charles-work-experience/

In October 2023, Justine Charles joined the Marine Invertebrates Department for work experience. This is how she spent her week.

Published 19 February 2024

Marine Invertebrate Collections AMRI work experience
Lacking tooth and claw: Fighting frogs reveal their true colours
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/mimic-poison-frog/

Our new research published in the journal Evolutionary Ecology aimed to unravel the ways male frogs identify other males as territorial threats, the results surprised us.

Published 23 February 2024

Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru

Come face-to-face with one of the most remarkable gold collections to ever tour the globe in the immersive exhibition, <i>Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru</i> and add-on VR experience.

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Future Now

Step into <i>Future Now</i>, an Australian Museum exhibition about sustainability and be inspired by practical and innovative ways to build a more sustainable future.

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Burra

Be transported on an immersive journey through the eyes of burra (eel) in the Australian Museum’s learning and play space.

Permanent education space
10am - 4.30pm

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Minerals

Be dazzled by over 1800 spectacular rocks and minerals in our new Minerals Gallery.

Permanent exhibition
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