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The lives of creatures obscure, misunderstood, and wonderful: A volume in honour of Ken Aplin 1958–2019
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-lives-of-creatures-obscure-misunderstood-and-wonderful-a-volume-in-honour-of-ken-aplin-1958-2019/

Kenneth Peter Aplin (1958–2019) was one of Australia’s leading vertebrate systematists, well known as an anatomist, mammalogist, herpetologist, palaeontologist, and archaeologist – he was an altogether unique and admired man.

Published 25 November 2020
This month in Archaeology: Aboriginal heritage as ecological proxy in south-eastern Australia: a Barapa wetland village
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/this-month-in-archaeology-aboriginal-heritage-as-ecological-proxy-in-south-eastern-australia/

Dr Amy Way discusses a recently published paper by Pardoe and Hutton in the Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, examining how Aboriginal people traditionally lived in large groups around ecological ‘hotspots.’

Published 01 December 2020
Does the Blue Mountains Tree Frog have really bad neighbours?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/bad-frog-neighbours/

Neighbourly feuds are a universal problem – but for the Blue Mountains Tree Frog, could the other frog species they share a stream with, be deadly?

Published 12 February 2021
Surrender Your Shell: Using DNA to protect the Hawksbill Turtle
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/surrender-your-shell-using-dna-to-protect-the-hawksbill-turtle/

Did you know that real tortoiseshell products are made from the shell of critically endangered Hawksbill turtles? This illegal trade has brought the species to the brink of extinction. To learn more, the Australian Museum, WWF-Australia and Royal Caribbean International launch Surrender Your Shell.

Published 08 February 2021
Myth or museum specimen? The animals that are more fact than fiction
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/myth-or-museum-specimen-the-animals-that-are-more-fact-than-fiction/

Famously featured in George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones franchise, the dire wolf is far more than a popular legend. A recent study in Nature has discovered how genetically distinct this prehistoric carnivore actually was. Read more about the study, and other animals thought to be pure myth.

Published 14 January 2021
Legacy of the Egypt Exploration Fund in the Australian Museum
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/egypt-exploration-fund-legacy/

Since 1882 the Egypt Exploration Fund focused on digging for objects and distributing them widely to subscribing organisations around the world, including those in United Kingdom, United States, South Africa, India, Japan, and Australia.

Published 22 January 2021

archaeology Ancient Egypt North Africa Egyptian
Celebrating AMRI Women in Science
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/celebrating-amri-women-in-science/

To celebrate this year’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we are profiling women from the Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI).

Published 10 February 2021
Fairy Wrasses and Fairy Tales!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/fairy-wrasses-and-fairy-tales/

A recent study with Yi-Kai Tea and Joey DiBattista at the Australian Museum uncovers the evolutionary origins of the most species-rich wrasse lineage with the help of an integrative genome-wide dataset.

Published 24 February 2021
Wombat pouch microbes: protecting the young?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/wombat-pouch-microbes-protecting-the-young/

Marsupials are born without a functioning immune system, yet they manage to survive, how?

Published 23 February 2021
Drought, dung and destruction
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/drought-dung-and-destruction/

Dung beetles may not be the first animals to come to mind when thinking about the organisms impacted by the 2019-20 intense bushfires - but perhaps they should. We were recently in Northeast NSW to determine the impacts on dung beetle populations.

Published 03 March 2021

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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Tails from the Coasts

Presented with the National Museum of Singapore, this culturally significant collection of watercolours brings to life extraordinary species and captivating stories.

Special Exhibition
10 May – 7 September 2025

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Wild Planet

Welcome to life on Earth. Every one of Earth’s millions of species is unique, but they are all connected through evolution. Come and see life in all its glorious diversity – over 400 animals under one roof!

Permanent exhibition
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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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