Identification of termites
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-do-termites-look-like/

Termites belong to the Order Isoptera.

What do web spinners look like?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-do-web-spinners-look-like/

Web spinners belong to the Order Embioptera.

Weaving Woman by Genevieve Stewart
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/weaving-woman/

A newly acquired illustration by Kuku Yalanji artist Genevieve Stewart is a powerful statement on memory, resilience and strength of First Nations peoples.

Scarred (Ancestral Vase) by Uncle Kevin “Sooty” Welsh
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/Scarred-Ancestral-Vase/

Years after being removed from his family, Uncle Sooty returned to his birthplace in north-western NSW where he reconnected with his relatives and culture, becoming involved in painting, woodwork, photography and ceramics.

Carved emu eggs featured in Winhangadurinya
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/winhangadurinya-emu-eggs/

Winhangadurinya is an experiential space, a complex arrangement of three dimensional objects with deep meanings, including these carved emu eggs.

What animal made this hole?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-made-this-hole/

Read our fact sheet to learn about what holes you might have in your garden and who might have made them!

Glossary of animal biology terms
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/glossary-of-animal-biology-terms/

A glossary of terms and definitions used in biology and related disciplines such as zoology, zoogeography, palaeontology, animal taxonomy and classification and evolutionary biology.

Gabriel Bayfield (1781-1870), Gould's colourer
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/john-gould/gabriel-bayfield-1781-1870-goulds-colourer/

Gabriel Bayfield was employed as Gould's primary colourist for 30 years. The quality of Bayfield's work was praised by leading naturalists of the time.

The Holocene Epoch (10,000 years ago to the present)
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/evolving-landscape/the-holocene-epoch/

During the past 10,000 years, Australia's global position and climate has changed little, but there have been enormous changes in its plants, animals and environments. Such changes have happened since the first people arrived in Australia, but the most rapid and dramatic changes have occurred dur

The Cretaceous Period (146-65 million years ago)
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/evolving-landscape/the-cretaceous-period/

In the early Cretaceous, many of the southern continents were still joined together as part of the southern landmass called Gondwana. Northern continents formed the great landmass Laurasia. These two supercontinents shared many plants and animals dating from an earlier time when they were joined