No one has ever seen one of these fish alive. But they are most likely still swimming in a part of the sea we hardly ever visit.
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Nowhere is safe from forever chemical pollution – not even the middle of the ocean. PFAS levels are on the rise in the world’s whales and dolphins.
Photographs have provided the first-ever evidence of a brooding red pipefish, resolving a 40-year mystery.
The kungaka represents an ancient lineage from when Australia was wetter. Today, it survives in a sheltered desert gorge.
Seorang pekerja perkebunan memotret spesies mamalia baru ini di Papua Nugini, yang diyakini telah punah selama 6.000 tahun.
A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.
Threatened frogs aren’t just found in national parks – citizen scientists are finding them throughout private land too.
The sex and age of an animal turn out to be stronger predictors than habitat for higher PFAS levels, suggesting they accumulate over a lifetime.
Floods can be more damaging to frogs than bushfires, new research shows. Floods wash away eggs and habitat, and could spread devastating fungal pathogens.
Highly detailed fossils are typically found in shale or other fine-grained sedimentary rocks. These ones? They’re made of iron.
Can a new database of 3D bone scans help solve the mystery of the elusive ngudlukanta?
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to many weird and wonderful seahorses and pipefish. But they’re under threat.
The bones of the animal were found eroding from the ground. After careful analysis, it will be reburied on Country.
A new list of 404 Australian mammal species is a crucial conservation step in the face of the ongoing extinction crisis.
Shared designs for stone tools across southern Africa show early humans had wide social connections before beginning to migrate to the rest of the world.
It’s typically rare to see a dead frog. Yet, we’ve received a flurry of emails from people coming across them in this truly unusual, and tragic, mass death event.
The ancestors of modern-day people living on Southeast Asian islands likely interbred with a prehistoric species called Denisovans - raising the possibility of fresh and intriguing fossil discoveries.
Not all frogs ‘ribbit’ — some sound like a motorbike changing gears or a tennis ball being hit. This summer, keep your eyes and ears out for these Aussie frogs.
Some 45 frog species, included some rare and threatened, were recorded calling after the fires.
The Kaputar rock skink is thought to have have one of the smallest ranges of any reptile in New South Wales – at the summit of a single extinct volcano, Mount Kaputar.
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Technical Officer, Australian Museum
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PhD Student, Australian Museum; UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Biogeography, Node & Stream Leader for ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, University of Technology Sydney; Australian Museum
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Technical Officer, Herpetology, Australian Museum
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Research Associate in Ichthyology, Australian Museum
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Scientific Officer, Australian Centre for Wildlife Genomics, Australian Museum
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John Evans Memorial Fellow, Australian Museum
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Principal Research Scientist, Terrestrial Vertebrates, Australian Museum
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Technical Officer - Palaentology, Australian Museum
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Head of Cultural Collections, Conservation and Consulting, Australian Museum
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Associate Director, Collection Enhancement Project, Australian Museum
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Scientific Officer, Palaeontology, Australian Museum; UNSW
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Research Officer, Herpetology, Australian Museum
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Technical Officer, 3D Digitisation, Australian Museum
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Honorary Fellow, Australian Museum