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Nemo won’t find home in an acidified ocean
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/nemo-wont-find-home-in-an-acidified-ocean/

As oceans become more acid, senses larval fishes need to navigate will become dysfunctional.

Published 26 March 2018

blog climate change ocean Ichthyology acidification
Something fishy is going on!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/something-fishy/

Australasian Fishes is the AM's latest foray into community driven citizen science and has already had an unprecedented impact.

Published 10 October 2017

Ichthyology fish blog citizen science
Eel biodiversity region discovered
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/eel-biodiversity-region-discovered/

Analysis of specimens collected in the North West Coral Sea has shown that the area has many marine eel species and some are new to science.

Published 26 August 2015

Ichthyology Eel blog biodiversity
Deep-sea mystery solved as three become one
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/deep-sea-mystery/

So dramatic is the metamorphosis of whalefishes that until now scientists thought the larva, adult male and adult female specimens in collections were from three separate families of fishes.

Published 08 December 2009

Cetomimidae Ichthyology Whalefish blog

Bilas: Body Adornment from Papua New Guinea

Witness the beauty and diversity of cultural decoration and body adornment from Papua New Guinea in this special exhibition at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

Featuring photographs by Wylda Bayrón.

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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs

Exclusive to the Australian Museum in Sydney: more than 3,000 years in the making, discover over 180 ancient Egyptian treasures.

Special exhibition opens 18 November 2023

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School programs and excursions

Book school excursions at the Australian Museum, Sydney, that inspire and engage students of all ages.

Virtual excursions
Educator-led tours

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Burra

Be transported on an immersive journey through the eyes of burra (eel) in the Australian Museum’s new learning and play space.

Permanent education space
Open daily

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