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Symbol of fertility, harbinger of rain and wellbeing.

The new, the different and the weird! In the last 12 months, AMRI scientists have discovered and described some amazing creatures.

When it comes to finding their way in the endless blue, baby fish are better at navigating when swimming in groups rather than on their own.

Australian Museum Principal Research Scientist, Dr Mark Eldridge, reveals things are not what they seem - they're far more sinister.

The Australian Museum Streamwatch program had a great year in 2015.

What can be revealed by looking at a frog's foot?

Pioneering aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith is celebrated in Trailblazers: Australia's 50 greatest explorers

In 2015, the Australian Museum celebrated the 50th anniversary of Museum in a Box

The Australian Museum attended the Wallagoot Bioblitz on the NSW Sapphire Coast.

I wonder if the original owner of this bank note ever suspected that it would end up in a museum?

Find out more about why 2015 was a very good year for DigiVol

We take the plunge to find out why Damselfish larvae swim in different directions in different regions.  

James 'Cas' Castrission and Justin 'Jonesy' Jones are adventurers celebrated in Trailblazers: Australia's 50 greatest explorers

Two Asian frog species are now officially more threatened than the Giant Panda

Strange and new species of opossum shrimp (Crustacea: Mysida/Lophogastrida) revealed in the Australian Museum collection.