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Identifying hidden frog species (that look like bird poo) using DNA

For some reason my family holidays always seem to include good beetle collecting localities, even in the most unlikely places.

Rock-wallabies teach us about evolution, as well as looking cute

A team of researchers celebrates the Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI) by naming a new species of calcareous tubeworm!

An amazing 91 new species of seaworms from coral reefs off Lizard Island have just been described!

With three pairs of feeding legs instead of the standard two, the seldom found Endevourid amphipod Crustaceans, make you check thrice.

In the biological control of pests, how do we make sure the control agents won’t go AWOL?

All three species of tiny, pointy snouted, green-blooded frogs from the forests of Vietnam have unique, bird-like calls

AMRI Senior Fellow Dr Jeff Leis receives the most prestigious award in fish systematics

The origin and distribution of a little yellow fly is solved after 90 years.

How well do captive breeding programs conserve genetic diversity?

How much do the methods we use matter when monitoring the tiny critters that call the beach home?

Teaching a group of dedicated entomologists in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea

We reveal that a widespread marine worm species is actually several undescribed species, each known from restricted localities.

Science broadcaster Robyn Williams AM delivers address and is honoured with the 2015 Australian Museum Lifetime Achievement Award