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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
A Sutton Hoo ship rivet, the Australian Museum and a War Hero
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/a-sutton-hoo-ship-rivet-the-australian-museum-and-a-war-hero/

As a result of the new film on Netflix, The Dig, there has been renewed interest in the Anglo-Saxon ship burial site, Sutton Hoo. We have found a surprising link between the 1400-year-old Sutton Hoo burial, the Australian Museum, and a WWII war hero.

Published 15 April 2021
Celebrating Women of the AM
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/international-womens-day-2021/

Today is a significant day for the Australian Museum. On this International Women’s Day, the AM has announced the first Indigenous appointment to the AM’s executive leadership team, as we welcome Laura McBride as Director, First Nations.

Published 05 March 2021

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The hunt for the not-so-elusive dung beetle
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-hunt-for-the-not-so-elusive-dung-beetle/

Last month, Dr Chris Reid and Aidan Runagall-McNaull arrived in Northeast NSW to determine the impacts of the 2019-20 bushfires on dung beetle populations. Now nearing the end of their fieldwork, there is some good news to report.

Published 13 April 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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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
Open daily

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