22 Jun 2015Parasites are fun!Although most people will cringe when they think of having parasites inside them but as a biologist, I am fascinated by these tiny (and not so tiny) hangers-on. On our recent trip to the Montebello Islands, we came across some amazing animals.Read more Blog entry Nerida Wilson
17 Jun 2015Always take the weather with youThis would have been good advice for the marine field trip we organised in April this year, to collect specimens for our Pilbara Conservation Systematics project. Initially we thought we'd managed to dodge the bad stuff. Our trip started only weeks after Ex-Tropical Cyclone Olwyn went through Exmouth as a Category 3, the starting point for our expedition. But only a few days into our two-week trip, an unseasonal patch of weather had us hiding at anchor at the Montebello Islands. Read more Blog entry Nerida Wilson
27 May 2015Birds of the KimberleyThe Kimberley covers the northern region of Western Australia (WA), and varies greatly in terms of geological, climatic and vegetation features. Kimberley landscape Image copyright K. Veness, WA Museum Read more Blog entry Western Australian Museum
21 May 2015Postgraduate research: exploring patterns of diversity in marine gastropods in the PilbaraThis blog entry was written by Kara Layton, a Marine Biology PhD student at the University of Western Australia.Read more Blog entry Lintette Umbrello
6 May 2015Exciting postgraduate research projects studying the genetic diversity of Pilbara faunaThe Western Australian Museum Molecular Systematics Unit is supporting the research of four PhD students, who are supervised by Research Scientists Dr Joel Huey and Dr Nerida Wilson, and funded through the Net Conservation Benefits fund. Each student and their research project will be introduced in these blog entries and we will provide exciting updates as their research progresses. To start, here is my blog. Linette Umbrello - PhD student at the University of Western AustraliaRead more Blog entry Lintette Umbrello
4 May 2015WA Bugs - what to watch out for Western Australia has a diverse array of life that has developed in a stable environment over many millennia. One of the most successful groups is arachnids, many of which look quite scary – but are they really as bad as they look? Keep reading to find out more. Scorpions One group that has benefitted from the harsh Western Australian conditions are scorpions.Read more Blog entry Western Australian Museum
15 Apr 2015WA FrogsA Descriptive List of a selection of Western Australian Frogs Western Australia is home to a wide variety of frogs – if you know where to look. The Western Australian Museum hosts a comprehensive website – Alcoa Frog Watch – that explores many of Western Australia’s frog species. In this blog, discover some of the species found in WA’s various regions, from the Kimberley to the South West. Which frog might live near you?Read more Blog entry Western Australian Museum
8 Apr 2015ANZANG: under construction 2014 Australian Geographic ANZANG Nature Photographer of the Year The installation of ANZANG Nature Photographer of the Year is well underway in the Temporary Exhibitions Gallery at the Western Australian Museum – Perth.Read more Blog entry Western Australian Museum
31 Mar 2015A Brief Timeline of Dampier's Life Monday 3 April 2017 Below is a revised and corrected version of the Dampier timeline by M. McCarthy, from Dampier’s accounts and a number of sources, notably Baer, 1966; George 1999; Gill, 1997; Marchant, 1988; McCarthy, 2002; Mitchell, 2010; Preston and Preston, 2004, Rogers, 1925. Published in The Great Circle vol.37. no.1 2015. VI-XII. 1651 Born the second son of a tenant farmer at East Coker, Somerset, England. 1658 His father George dies.Read more Blog entry Western Australian Museum
26 Mar 2015Conservation of a 17th century chalice veil from New Norcia Detail of cherub, after treatment Image copyright Rinske Read more Blog entry Western Australian Museum