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Beyond the lab: The Eureka Prize for Societal Impact in Science
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/societal-impact-in-science/

Scientific innovation and invention can achieve scale when researchers work together with external partners to create real-world improvements – often in new or unexpected ways.

FrogID Week 2024: Citizen Scientists Capture Over 34,000 Frog Records Nationwide
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/frogid-week-2024-citizen-scientists-capture-over-34000-frog-records-nationwide/

The seventh annual FrogID Week has once again gathered a vital snapshot for frog conservation thanks to tens of thousands of citizen scientists.

Australian Museum farewells Chief Scientist Professor Kris Helgen
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/farewell-kris-helgen/

Today the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Hawaii announced that Professor Kristofer Helgen has been appointed as its new President and CEO.

Australian Museum announces new Chief Scientist (Acting) and AMRI Director (Acting)
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-announcement/

Professor Shane Ahyong and Julie Ellmers to lead Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI).

Researchers discover new plant species on recent Norfolk Island expedition
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/researchers-discover-new-plant-species-on-recent-norfolk-island-expedition/

A team from the Australian Institute of Botanical Science has collected about 400 plant specimens on the recent Australian Museum-led expedition to Norfolk Island, helping the community identify new weeds that potentially could cause havoc to local ecosystems.

New acquisition: Papa He’e Nalu Hawaiian surfboards
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/new-acquisition-hawaiian-surfboards/

The Australian Museums new acquisition of Papa He’e Nalu Hawaiian surfboards provides the opportunity to create a dialogue and enhance interest around surfing, and a unique way to contextualise Australian surfing culture and history.

Aboriginal boomerangs and King Tutankhamun
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/aboriginal-boomerangs-tutankhamun/

In 1910, Gaston Maspero (1846-1916), a French Egyptologist, sent two Egyptian throwing sticks (boomerangs) to the Australian Museum. Watch Dr Stan Florek reveal more about these objects.

Plant power: the Eureka Prize for Excellence in Botanical Science
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/excellence-in-botanical-science/

Without plants, there would be no life, and in recent times the priority of botanical research has shifted from developing critical economic industries based on plants to an urgent need to document and conserve Australia’s unique flora.

What was Eric's last supper?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/what-was-erics-last-supper/

What did the most complete, opalised vertebrate fossil in Australia eat? In an Australian first, PhD candidate Joshua White & co-authors used a micro-CT scanner to examine the stomach contents of the Australian Museum’s ‘Eric the plesiosaur'. Learn how they reconstructed this unique reptile's diet.

The sea urchins of Sydney
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-sea-urchins-of-sydney/

Sydney sea urchins are diverse and live in a variety of habitats – you may find them in rockpools and kelp forests. They are also an important part of what makes our local biodiversity so special. Learn more about these Sydneysiders!