Your search returned 45 results
By Page Type
By Tag
- All
- fish (966)
- blog (700)
- fishes of sydney harbour (400)
- First Nations (277)
- Blog (237)
- AMRI (165)
- archives (157)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (133)
- insect (126)
- Ichthyology (125)
- geoscience (109)
- minerals (102)
- climate change (99)
- Eureka Prizes (92)
- Fish (91)
- Anthropology (89)
- podcast (85)
- International collections (80)
- wildlife of sydney (78)
- Labridae (77)
- Minerals Gallery (76)
- frog (72)
- staff (72)
- gemstone (70)
- history (62)
- Mollusca (60)
- gem (59)
- Gems (56)
- Indonesia (56)
- photography (55)
- AMplify (54)
- Birds (54)
- people (53)
- shark (53)
- exhibition (51)
- earth sciences (50)
- past exhibitions (50)
- Gobiidae (48)
- sustainability (46)
- Pomacentridae (45)
- bird (45)
- Serranidae (44)
- exhibitions (44)
- science (44)
- death (42)
- lifelong learning (42)
- Syngnathidae (41)
- past exhibition (41)
- staff profile (41)
- Bali (40)
-
Facebook for birds
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/facebook-for-birds/The Cockatoo Wingtag project is shining a light on the extensive social networks and daily routines of 100 of Sydney's tagged birds.
-
Wildlife Airstrikes: An unusual exception to the rule
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/wildlife-airstrikes-an-unusual-exception-to-the-rule/The story of one little birds encounter with a helicopter and its legacy of helping humans to avoid such encounters in the future.
-
Black-chinned Honeyeater
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/black-chinned-honeyeater/When choosing hair or fur to make its nest the Black-chinned Honeyeater tends to choose pale colours, plucking the white or cream hairs from cattle and horses (and even from a cat), as well as wool from sheep.
-
Australian King-Parrot
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/australian-king-parrot/Although King-Parrots appear distinctly red and green to humans, when viewed under ultraviolet light, some feathers on the wings appear with a prominent yellow glow. Many birds have four types of cone in their retina, (compared to only three in humans) and see into the ultraviolet wavelengths.
-
Crested Bellbird
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/crested-bellbird/The nests of Crested Bellbirds often have live, hairy caterpillars placed around the rim. It has been suggested that the adults gather them as a food storage for the sitting bird or as a defence for the nest.
-
Australian Shelduck
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/australian-shelduck/Unlike other Australian ducks, the Australian Shelduck often flies in long lines or in a 'V' formation.
-
White-browed Babbler
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/white-browed-babbler/White-browed Babblers build communal roosting nests of twigs and sticks, usually in dead or partly living trees. They participate in activities such as dust-bathing, preening and feeding as a group.
-
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/scaly-breasted-lorikeet/The Scaly-breasted Lorikeet is the only lorikeet with an all-green head combined with a red beak.
-
Bell Miner
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/bell-miner/Bell Miners are strongly associated with psyllid (tiny insects that feed on leaves) infestations in gum trees Eucalyptus (causing the disease called 'dieback') and may even actively farm psyllids as a food source.
-
Masked Owl
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/masked-owl/The Masked Owl is Australia's largest Tyto owl.
-
Find out more
Sharks
Special exhibition
Extended to 25 April 2023![]()
-
Discover more
Barka: The Forgotten River
Special exhibition
Now on until 23 July 2023![]()
-
Book now
School programs and excursions
Virtual excursions
Educator-led tours -
Discover more
Minerals
Permanent exhibition
![]()
