RT @ABCscience: It's the size of your thumb.

@Broriginals1 It tickled a little bit.

Common (aka Indian) Mynas are are popular pets worldwide (and symbols of undying love in India), yet reviled in Aus… https://t.co/2a0L0VHqrT

Short Beaked Echidnas are one of Australia’s most iconic animals. Unfortunately, due to the very large numbers of a… https://t.co/7zWwAjcqFT

How we're protecting echidnas from the illegal wildlife trade

Short beaked echidnas are one of Australia’s most iconic animals, and being one of the few species of mammals that lay eggs, also known as a monotreme, are desirable as zoo animals around the world. Unfortunately, due to the very large numbers of animals available ‘for sale’ in South East Asia, it appears a black market for echidnas may have developed (and has been communicated to us through the non-government organisatio...

Did you know you can build a frog habitat in your own backyard? @FrogIDAus teamed up with Bunnings to educate a l… https://t.co/pe1SoMlVPV

@SKELECAST1 @PrimitiveFishes If this is some guerrilla marketing from Nintendo we'll be SO annoyed.

Our wildlife forensic scientists have developed a tool kit that will track the source of black market echidnas by a… https://t.co/pQQL7lb9Ez

@SirWonderLlama The holotype specimen was small – likely belonging to a juvenile – which is where it got its name f… https://t.co/5reUinlT76

A newly discovered dinosaur, Gobiraptor minutus, is thought to have lived between 80 and 70 million years ago, in t… https://t.co/OothD5hfVc

Isn't it adorable

RT @jodirowley: Listen to me chat about adventures in search of #frogs & why frogs are important on the latest Escape the Zoo podcast with…

@SwearyPaed @johnlimouze @RyanMarino @MDaware @GilmerHealthLaw @BrowofJustice @ClinicalPearl Jan gets it.

RT @2ser: Australia's earliest and never-before-seen photographs of nature are showing at the Australian Museum now. We spoke to @austmus D…

@Desdrata Hi Desdrata, yes it'll be open for another hour or so. It often closes at around 2:30pm, but sometimes if… https://t.co/5tAvps1tDx

It's #WorldWhaleDay! Here's to the magnificent creatures of the deep

RT @FrogIDAus: Another #frogfriday and we are sharing a great image sent in by Stephen Weir. The Red-eyed Tree Frog (Litoria chloris) is fo…

We've just made the finishing touches to Capturing Nature. We can't wait for you to see this very special exhibitio… https://t.co/8aJLed90wZ

RT @AustmusResearch: Latest AMRI blog by PhD candidate @Sophi3Collin5 on her work surveying #frog species in the New England Tablelands to…

Forget any other anniversary you've been told it is today, February 14 is #LibraryLoversDay! The Australian Museum Research Library, founded in 1836, is the second oldest library in Australia

@KarenTremaine Hi Karen, who would you like to speak to, or maybe I can help field a question or enquiry?

@topechidna Exactly right, Stewart! They picked him and his chair up and tossed him out. While we don't have Krefft… https://t.co/gsH8liLVhg

RT @eurekaprizes: Are you involved in a #CitSci project that is building knowledge or skills, empowering the community or changing behaviou…

Today is #DarwinDay, Charles Darwin's 210th birthday. In the 1870s, our Museum Director, Gerard Krefft, exchanged a… https://t.co/fSaaXqLhMN

Today is #DarwinDay. It would've been Charles Darwin's 210th birthday. Our connection with Darwin spans back to the 1870s, when Museum Director, Gerard Krefft (pictured right), exchanged a series of letters with the famed father of evolution. Krefft died in 1881 and wide acceptance in Australia of Darwin’s theory was still some way off, despite his many years of debate and a barrage of lively articles in the papers – even so far as losing his job over his then-radical beliefs. Today, howe...

RT @FrogIDAus: Will you be the next person to record a #FrogID first?! You never know when you'll stumble across something you've never hea…

"Conservators brought [the sunfish] out of storage in 2016 and found it stuffed with 'the equivalent of 25 large re… https://t.co/7f07T54i2y

Today on @WomenScienceDay, we remember our first professional female employee: taxidermist Jane Tost, who joined in… https://t.co/qO4zKWOSDa

Today on International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we remember the Australian Museum’s first professional female employee: taxidermist Jane Tost, who joined the institution in 1864. So highly valued were her skills that she was employed full time on the same salary as the male taxidermists, including her husband Charles. After she left the museum, Jane Tost set up her own business with her daughter Ada Rohu, and ‘Tost and Rohu’ traded in Sydney until the 1930s. #AustralianMuseum #wo...

RT @eurekaprizes: It's International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Know a female STEMM star? Nominate them for an @austmus Eureka Priz…

RT @DrRebeccaJ: Happy International Day for Women and Girls in Science -a perfect day to research & recognise the contributions of #womenin…

RT @FrogIDAus: Join us talking all things #FrogID with @cityofsydney and @CitSciOZ on 16 & 21 Feb. Hear why the app was developed, the goa…

@JackDAshby @SHNHSocNatHist Glad you're as excited as we are for it, Jack!

We love seeing new animals transformed into emojis! Which of these – coming in March – is your favourite? #new #animal #emojis

RT @FrogIDAus: Have you heard Cane Toads (Rhinella marina) calling near your place? We need your help to map them, so please continue to re…

Archaeologists get to work with bones, bodies and scientific discoveries on a daily basis. They uncover clues, put… https://t.co/gVKiuRCCwb

2019 Sleek Geeks Science Eureka Prize - national film competition for school students

It's time for students with a knack for communicating, and budding filmmakers with an interest in science, to pull out their cameras! The Sleek Geeks Science Eureka Prize is delivered as part of the prestigious Australian Museum Eureka Prizes, which raises raises the profile of science in the community by celebrating outstanding achievements. Sponsored by the University of Sydney, the prize encourages ...

In his urgent call to arms, Aboriginal poet and novelist, Tony Birch, identifies the powerful roles that Indigenous… https://t.co/jal0jO4AXN

@nicknack1981 @AMNH We've rejuvenated some sections with new objects and stories to encourage people to discover so… https://t.co/Jj7WDO3ux2

Capturing Nature exhibition photo preview

In Capturing Nature, we travel back to a time when photography was revolutionising science, art and society. These never-before-seen images dating from 1857 to 1893 have been printed from the Australian Museum’s collection of glass plate negatives and are Australia’s earliest natural history photographs.

@nicknack1981 Sorry to hear you didn't enjoy your visit, Nic. Over the past few years we've opened 5 new permanent… https://t.co/yKlVmkmkqz

RT @2ser: Want to know the story behind this photo? Check out Tess's interview with Vanessa from the Australian Museum about their new exhi…

RT @FrogIDAus: This very distinctive frog is a favourite here at #FrogID. The Crucifix Frog can be seen and heard after heavy rainfall, bre…

This is @TimACGordon setting up a Great Barrier Reef soundscape project at @lirrf. The noisy soundscape (i.e. the a… https://t.co/oEGk9AFC7U

This is Tim Gordon ‏setting up a Great Barrier Reef soundscape project at our Lizard Island Research Station. The noisy soundscape (i.e. the aggregate sound) of a healthy reef can be heard many kilometres away! #AustralianMuseum #GBR #Reef #Photography

Let's travel back to a time when photography was revolutionising science, art and society. We're exhibiting never-before-seen images dating from 1857-1893 in Capturing Nature. #AustralianMuseum #Rare #Photography #bw

Travel back to a time when photography was revolutionising science, art and society at Capturing Nature: Early Phot… https://t.co/QpaB5bpptM

Thought to be extinct, The Booroolong Frog was recently 'rediscovered'. @jodirowley shared the great story with… https://t.co/FJPL1gN0SK

This is the @australianphotography_magazine 2018 Photo of the Year, ft. the Bone Ranger! Congratulations to @derekzhangsyd for snapping such a special moment with his daughter and winning the award! #AustralianMuseum #Photography #Award #Museum #Night

This is an approx. 420 million year old trilobite – a group of extinct marine arachnomorph arthropods – specificall… https://t.co/5xDmNZYQG0