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  • WeDigBio 2016
    https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/wedigbio-2016/

    WeDigBio is a 4-day event that engages citizen scientists worldwide to help digitise specimens held in natural history collections.

    Published 28 October 2016
    malacology AMRI Blog
  • Anything but sluggish: The dawn of land snail phylogenomics
    https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/anything-but-sluggish-the-dawn-of-land-snail-phylogenomics/

    Powerful genome-based methods open new avenues in land snail systematics.

    Published 27 October 2016
    malacology AMRI Blog
  • A quest for endangered land snails on Lord Howe Island
    https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/a-quest-for-endangered-land-snails-on-lord-howe-island/

    As the date of the Lord Howe Island rodent eradication draws nearer, we have assessed the status of the islands endangered land snails.

    Published 05 October 2016
    AMRI Blog snail Expidition malacology
  • A threatening snapshot? The conservation status of Australian land snails
    https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/a-threatening-snapshot-the-conservation-status-of-australian-land-snails/

    AMRI conservation assessment reveals worrying trend for Australian land snails, with several species threatened and one perhaps extinct.

    Published 14 September 2016
    land snail malacology AMRI Blog
  • A rare land snail from north Queensland
    https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/a-rare-land-snail-from-north-queensland/

    The discovery of a rare snail in north Queensland has re-opened the debate on ancient connections between Australia and New Guinea.

    Published 10 December 2015
    blog snail type specimen malacology mollusc
  • Surviving Australia: Lessons from land snails
    https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-lessons-from-land-snails/

    Rapid morphological adaptation has helped Australian land snails thrive despite an increasingly inhospitable climate

    Published 16 October 2015
    snail malacology blog
  • News about Nerites
    https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-news-about-nerites/

    There's a lot more to learn about even the most familiar snails.

    Published 06 August 2014
    snail malacology AMRI blog
  • Passing on the key – making freshwater mollusc identification easier in Australia
    https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-passing-on-the-key/

    We're working on enabling everyone to identify the rich freshwater mollusc fauna of Australia.

    Published 17 February 2015
    malacology AMRI Molluscs Blog
  • When Mandy the Malacologist was Mobbed
    https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/dr-mandys-big-night-at-the-museum/

    Dr Mandy Reid recounts her first experience working in our Show & Tell room at Jurassic Lounge.

    Published 01 October 2013
    malacology blog Jurassic lounge
  • DigiVol: Digitising molluscs
    https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/digivol/

    This year, DigiVol has been digitising the Malacology Collection which is one of the largest Collections in the Australian Museum. Read Dr Mandy Reid's account of her experience with the project.

    Published 12 September 2012
    Digivol malacology AMRI Blog
  • Jurassic World by Brickman

    Kmart presents <i>Jurassic World</i> by Brickman<sup>®</sup> at the Australian Museum until 17 July.

    Tickets on sale now.
    Open until 17 July.

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  • 200 Treasures of the Australian Museum

    The Westpac Long Gallery showcases 100 treasures from our collections alongside the stories of the 100 people who’ve helped shape Australia.

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The Australian Museum respects and acknowledges the Gadigal people as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the land and waterways on which the Museum stands.

Image credit: gadigal yilimung (shield) made by Uncle Charles Chicka Madden