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Body disposal - legal procedures
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/body-disposal-legal-procedures/

Certain procedures must be carried out in order to dispose of a human body, including arranging for a funeral, certifying that a person is dead and what the cause of death was, as well as registering the death.

Who ends up in a morgue?
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/who-ends-up-in-a-morgue/

Of the 128 500 people who die in Australia every year, only 13.4% of deaths are referred on to the coroner's office and even fewer will require a coronial investigation and autopsy. Not all deaths need to be investigated. There are a variety of reasons why a death might be reported to the coroner.

Mourning - Oro Province, Papua New Guinea
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/mourning-oro-province-papua-new-guinea/

For the people of Collingwood Bay in Oro Province, north-east Papua New Guinea, death was associated with elaborate mourning rituals and the wearing of specific mourning attire.

Death masks
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/the-face-of-death/

Death masks show the subject's facial expression immediately after death. It was important to make death masks quickly, before the features became distorted.

Decades old fish puzzle solved!
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/natural-science/ichthyology/decades-old-fish-puzzle-solved/

International collaboration between scientists in Australia, the USA and Japan has resulted in one of the most amazing biological discoveries in decades.

What is Plankton?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/plankton/what-is-plankton/

Plankton is made up of animals and plants that either float passively in the water, or possess such limited powers of swimming that they are carried from place to place by the currents.

Preparing fossils, reconstructing the past
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/fossils/preparing-fossils-reconstructing-the-past/

The very early stages of piecing together the animals and plants of the past involve removing their fossils from the rock and preserving them for study.

Dinosaurs living together
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/dinosaurs-living-together/

Did dinosaurs live on their own or in groups? There is good evidence that many did form social groups. Plant-eaters would have found safety in numbers, while predators may have hunted in packs and benefited from co-operation.

Dinosaur lifecycles: from go to woe
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/dinosaur-lifecycles/

From birth to growth and death, the fossil record preserves fascinating hints about the lifecycle of a dinosaur.

Dinosaurs on the attack
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/dinosaurs-on-the-attack/

The ability to overpower another animal requires a combination of strength, speed, balance and weaponry. Most theropods relied on such skills and assets to find food, although some appeared to have adapted to life as filter-feeders or plant-eaters.