12 May 2016Wedge-tailed EagleScientific Name Aquila audax Other names Eaglehawk. Waalitj (Noongar name). Description A huge, very dark eagle with long wedge-shaped tail, long fingered wings and completely feathered legs. Australia’s largest bird of prey and one of the largest eagles in the world.Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
5 May 2016Beneath the WavesOne of the biggest marine biodiversity surveys in the world, led by researchers from the Western Australian Museum, has been turned into an interactive online documentary with multiple layers of learning thanks to production company Periscope Pictures and funding from ScreenWest.Read more Online Exhibition Katherine Cincotta
29 Feb 2016Behind the Scenes: Mammal Gallery DecantThe Mammal Gallery decant from the Western Australian Museum - Perth to the Collections and Research Centre (CRC) at Welshpool has been a huge undertaking for all involved. It allowed Museum staff the opportunity to update records and complete conservation work on the precious specimens. Soula Veyradier, Manager, Western Australian Museum - Perth, said that the decant was a unique opportunity to work with the animals outside their display cases. Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
25 Jan 2016The Mammal GalleryThe Western Australian Museum are getting ready to build a New Museum for Western Australia, and an initial step in this process is to decant the thousands of specimens and objects from the WA Museum – Perth into safe storage at the Collections and Research Centre (CRC) in Welshpool. This article explores the history and decant of the Mammal Gallery, with insights from Western Australian Museum Mammology Dr Kenny Travouillon.Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
18 Jan 2016The role of DNA in species discoveryTo the surprise of some, most of the earth’s biodiversity remains undiscovered and undescribed. In 2011, Camilo Mora and colleagues calculated there are approximately 8.7 million eukaryotic species on earth (eukaryotes are those organisms that we normally think of, like plants, animals and fungi), and of these, 85% remain undescribed and/or unknown to science.Read more Blog entry Genetic Resources
14 Jan 2016Lyn Beazley - Favourite ObjectA short video of Lyn Beazley describing her favourite object at the WA Museum.Read more Video Western Australian Museum
4 Jan 2016Butterfly Gallery Decant - Cross-Pinning Specimens A short video of Western Australian Museum Entomology Curator Nikolai Tatarnic cross-pinning specimens being decanted from the Butterfly Gallery. These specimens have been displayed in the Butterfly Gallery, Western Australian Museum - Perth, and will be decanted as part of the New Museum Project. To read more about the Butterfly Gallery Decant, click here. Read more Video Western Australian Museum
17 Dec 2015Reimagining Perth's Lost Wetlands Like many other cities around the world, Perth was founded on wetlands. These environments have played a significant role in the city’s development, and are important habitats for a range of species.Read more Online Exhibition Katherine Cincotta
30 Oct 2015Making a BoxA short film of assistant curator, Anthropology Xavier Leenders making a box in the Anthropology and Archaeology Department Laboratory. The box was made to store arrows. Read more Video Western Australian Museum
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