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The Leaf-litter Frog mystery in the Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/leaf-litter-frog-mystery-in-the-cardamom_mountains/

Although Leaf-litter Frogs are found throughout the forests of Southeast Asia, only a single individual had been recorded in the Cardamom Mountains. This has now changed, with the scientific discovery of the Cardamom Leaf-Litter Frog, named in honour of Cambodian Herpetologist Thy Neang.

How (not) to name a snail
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/how-not-to-name-a-snail/

Taxonomists strive to bring order to the chaos we call the diversity of life by naming species and sorting them into higher taxa, like genera and families. Needless to say that this undertaking comes with its own problems.

Weird and wonderful larva explained
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/weird-and-wonderful-larva-explained/

A strange beetle larva was brought to the Australian Museum. It turned out to be only the third collection of its family in Australia and a new species!

Triage for Australia's lizards and snakes
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/triage-for-australias-lizards-and-snakes/

Which of Australia’s endangered species need our most urgent attention? This was the question facing a group of conservation biologists, including two scientists from the Australian Museum Research Institute, following the most recent round of Red Data Book assessments of our reptiles.

Tears of the gods in a tube!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/tears-of-the-gods-in-a-tube/

A recent study of AMRI collections has led to a revision of records from the southwest Pacific and the recognition of a new species.

A tad mysterious: The identity of five fabulous funnel-mouthed tadpoles revealed
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/five-fabulous-funnel-mouthed-tadpoles/

When it comes to surveying for rare and threatened frog species, it’s important to be able to identify the tadpoles too!

How does a land snail become a threatened species?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/how-does-a-land-snail-become-a-threatened-species-/

September 7th, the day the last thylacine died in captivity in 1936, is National Threatened Species Day. Founded to raise awareness of Australia’s plants and animals at risk of extinction, it’s also the occasion of Australia’s Threatened Species Bake-off.

Frogs surviving the flames: Citizen scientists reveal frogs calling across the fire zone
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/frogs-surviving-the-flames/

We have made a big leap in our understanding of how frogs respond to fire, thanks to citizen scientists across Australia!

Do frogs have accents?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/frog-accents/

Citizen scientists enable us to understand just how much frog calls change over time and space.

2020 AM Eureka Prizes: Meet the team looking on the bright side of coral reefs
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/eureka-prizes-social-ecological-research-frontiers/

How do they do it? Meet some of the 2020 AM Eureka Prizes finalists.