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A volcanic explosion every 15 minutes: how Australia’s museums are turning to tech to lure us in

Museums are using VR and immersive experiences to boost attendances – and, while it can provide an amazing spectacle, critics say it can be an expensive distraction

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Tasmanian tiger: Facts about the extinct thylacine

Discover interesting facts about where the Tasmanian tiger lived, what it ate, why and when it went extinct, and whether we could ever bring one back.

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Ancient 'echidnapus' evidence of 'age of monotremes'

Opalised jaw bones unearthed in the outback town of Lightning Ridge have revealed Australia was home to a range of monotremes 100 million years ago.

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‘Enormously exciting’ fossils found in NSW opal field suggest Australia had ‘age of monotremes’

Discovery of ‘echidnapus’ and two more species show the furry egg-layers predated marsupials

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Australian visas for Gazans cancelled mid-air

Some Gazans are having their previously approved visas cancelled while already en route to Australia, Labor wants to outlaw election lying, and Jim Chalmers says the surplus will be lower than predicted.

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How one word sparked a PR wildfire for the Australian Museum

Cultural and heritage organisations are under fire from interest groups amid the Israel-Gaza war. Crikey has obtained documents that go inside the Australian Museum’s PR crisis.

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Deadly male funnel-web spider 'Hercules' breaks record as biggest ever discovered

"Hercules" the funnel-web spider is the largest male of the species ever found.

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Mummy dearest: priceless Egyptian treasures go on display at Australian Museum in Sydney

Curated by Egypt’s self-styled Indiana Jones, Ramses & the Gold of the Pharoahs features sarcophagi, mummified crocodiles and a royal coffin that never left Egypt until this year

The Guardian - AU

Oh mummy, $1.6b worth of Egyptian artefacts on display

The 3000-year-old coffin of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh is one of many artefacts being unveiled to the Australian public this weekend.

AAP

Pasifika culture makes waves with landmark exhibition

Pacific Islands heritage is on display in a permanent gallery at the Australian Museum, called Wansolmoana or One Salt Ocean.

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Syd Mum ‘Petrified’ After Finding Out What’s Gonna Crawl Out Of The 6 Sacks Growing On Her Tree

Yeah, no thanks!!!

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Birdwatching, immune responses and evolutionary mapping honoured at 2023 Eureka Prizes

Hundreds of scientists from across the country have gathered at the Australian Museum in Sydney for the presentation of the Eureka Prizes. Awarded annually since 1990, the prizes recognise outstanding contributions to science and the public understanding of science.

The Conversation

240 million-year-old fossil of salamander-like creature with 'gnarly teeth' unearthed in rocks for garden wall

A retired chicken farmer found the rocks in the mid-1990s and donated it to the Australian Museum, where researchers have now named the newfound species Arenaerpeton supinatus.

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Swordfish missing circle-shaped chunks of flesh hauled in by fishers. What bit it?

Fishers who reeled in the swordfish said they regularly catch fish with cookiecutter shark bites, but this is the first time they have seen a creature covered in dozens of fresh, oozing wounds.

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Ramses blockbuster to showcase mummified lion cub, cats

A mummified lion cub is amongst some of the more curious ancient artefacts coming to Australia as part of a major exhibition of Egyptian antiquities.

Newcastle Herald

Minister stops bid to kill Hunter coal mine expansion

The NSW Independent Planning Commission conditionally approved the Mt Pleasant expansion late last year.

ABC News

Covers off the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery's hidden treasures that don't often see the light of day

A now-extinct emu from Tasmania thrived in gardens owned by Napoleon's wife after being shipped to Paris in 1802. That's just one of the amazing tales from the unseen collection of Tasmania's Museum and Art Gallery.

The Guardian - AU

‘Spectacular’ spiny crayfish samples recovered amid Lismore floods key to mapping species

Australia Museum says 20-year-old collection will help understand and conserve threatened animals, which are sensitive to climate change

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13 of the most venomous snakes on the planet

An encounter with one of these venomous snakes could cost you your life.

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12 of the biggest birds on Earth

From 9-foot tall ostriches to albatrosses with gargantuan wingspans, here are some of the biggest birds in the world.

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Giant huntsman spider: The world's largest spider by leg span

Giant huntsman spiders are the largest member of the huntsman spider family Sparassidae with a leg span stretching up to 12 inches across — roughly the size of a dinner plate.

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