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Lizard Fish - In the beginning
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/lizard-fish/Marine biologist Amanda Hay is on beautiful Lizard Island where she is conducting research into behaviour of larval fishes. Today, she writes about the research they are conducting.
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Fish mimicking octopus mimicking fish!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/fish-mimicking-ocotopus-mimicking-fish/The Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) has been known for some years for its ability to mimic flatfish, lionfish and seasnakes. A recent discovery in Indonesia adds a whole new twist to this story. The Black-marble Jawfish (Stalix cf. histrio) mimics the Mimic Octopus.
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A Pride of Lions
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/a-pride-of-lions/A group of African lions first installed in the Museums entrance area in 1910 have recently made a spectacular comeback. Three of the original four have now been placed in the revamped atrium area - and look as arresting as they did back then.
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Ask a curator: What's Yiwarra Kuju?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/ask-a-curator-what-is-yiwarra-kuju/A Q&A with John Carty, anthropologist and co-curator of our new exhibition, Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route.
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Tentative Chronology of Indigenous Canoes of Eastern Australia
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/tentative-chronology-of-indigenous-canoes-of-eastern-australia/Paper by Stan Florek presented at the 'Nawi' Conference held at the Australian National Maritime Museum: 31 May - 1 June 2012.
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Remembering The Art of Eric Carle exhibition
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/remembering-the-art-of-eric-carle-exhibition/Whilst the Australian Museum had considered the needs of young children when designing interactive areas for some time, it was not until the late 1990's that we had a designated area for pre-schoolers.
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Happy Birthday Edward Lear
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/happy-birthday-edward-lear/On 12 May, we celebrate Edward Lear's 200th birthday. Best known for 'The Owl and The Pussycat' he was also a natural history artist.
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The Ball that wasn't
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-ball-that-wasnt/In 1864 The Australian Museum was the venue chosen for a reception for the visit of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. Why wasn't it held?
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Coral trout spawning
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/coral-trout-spawning/Just before sunset on the night of the new moon (27 September 2011) Mike Emslie, Lyle Vail and Anne Hoggett visited a known spawning aggregation site for coral trout not far from the research station.
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Welcome to the Jungle - Day 12
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/welcome-to-the-jungle-day-12/Mountains, monsoons and mosquitoes: highlights from amphibian biologist Dr Jodi Rowley's diary of her recent field trip to Central Vietnam.
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