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Aboriginal culture in early colonial Sydney is documented in written and pictorial sources, but a few artefacts from this period exist.

The toolbox for archaeology now contains a diverse collection of highly sophisticated scientific techniques.

Old and new species discovered during the first ever survey of a mysterious family of bristle worms in Australian waters

In most coral reef fishes, larvae are tiny and transparent, and adults large and boldly coloured – but in one species, the opposite is true.

Elizabeth McKinnon searches for the true story of Douglas Grant, one of many Aboriginal men who enlisted in World War I.

Perched on a hill of a Kimberley island lives Taiwanassiminea phantasma a newly described and rare species of land snail.

Visit Wildlife Photographer of the Year for your chance to win

Materials Conservation are at the epicentre of all collection movement across the Museum, and April is going to be a superhighway!

Genetic rescue of small inbred populations by outcrossing

Triumph over the taboo images exposing what is hidden but desired in the Australian Museum collection.

Capacity building and the neighbours: teaching insect identification in Papua New Guinea.

Flies from Australia, New Guinea and New Caledonia show ancient Gondwanan connections.

A blog series about our Lizard Island Research Station's recovery from 2015's Cyclone Nathan.

The recovery begins.

There are countless reasons to enter for an Australian Museum Eureka Prize… what’s yours?