16 May 2011New Leatherback TurtleLeatherback Turtles are listed as Critically Endangered, and the largest of the sea turtles measuring up to 3m. They breed in tropical waters with some animals travelling down the coast of WA to the southern ocean to feed on jelly fish. They have a unique body structure that helps them to maintain a higher body temperature than other reptiles, allowing them to endure the cold temperatures of the southern ocean. Populations of this species are threatened due to the taking of eggs for food by humans on their nesting beaches, and are accidentally caught as bycatch in commercial fisheries.Read more Blog entry Western Australian Museum
12 May 2011Broadhurst - Hit it with a hammerThis video features Maritime Archaeologist Michael "Mack" McCarthy talk about the restoration of the SS Xantho engine. This video is part of the online exhibition, The Broadhurst Family.Read more Video Danny Murphy
12 May 2011Broadhurst - Unearthing the XanthoThis video features Maritime Archaeologist Michael "Mack" McCarthy talk about the restoration of the SS Xantho engine. This video is part of the online exhibition, The Broadhurst Family.Read more Video Danny Murphy
2 May 2011In the pink: The story of diamonds in Western AustraliaDr Peter Downes, Curator, Minerals and Meteorites, Earth & Planetary Sciences 6.00pm, Friday 8 April, WA Museum – Maritime Find out how WA's diamonds were formed deep within the Earth, about their explosive volcanic ride to the surface, how they were found, and the origins of their colours that range from yellows to pinks. Read more Video Danny Murphy
29 Apr 2011Cockatoo Care - Carnaby's CockatooThis gallery shows selection of photography of the magnificent Carnaby's Black Cockatoo photographed by Tony Kirkby in the South-West of Western Australia. Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
29 Apr 2011"A man to collect birds, beasts, etc...": The work of Museum collector, John Tunney, 1897 – 1903Ross Chadwick, Curator of Anthropology & Archaeology Learn about the collection of Aboriginal cultural material that John Tunney made during his travel throughout WA and the Alligator River region of the Northern Territory acquiring specimens and objects for the collections of the WA Museum. Read more Video Danny Murphy
28 Apr 2011Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo GalleryThis gallery shows selection of photography of the magnificent Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo photographed by Tony Kirkby in the South-West of Western Australia.Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
19 Apr 2011Western Australian Ichthyosaurs – The last of their kindDr Mikael Siversson, Curator of Palaeontology, Earth & Planetary Sciences Learn about the giant, dolphin-like, marine reptiles ‘Ichthyosaurs’ that lived during the 'age of the dinosaurs'. Global warming accompanied by a rapid sea level rise, 92 million years ago, deprived the deeper parts of the oceans of oxygen and may have caused the extinction of the deep-diving ichthyosaurs. Read more Video Danny Murphy
12 Apr 2011The Rottnest deepwater graveyardJeremy Green, Head of Maritime Archaeology 12.30pm, Friday 11 March 2011, WA Museum – Perth The Rottnest Deepwater Graveyard has been used for the last 75 years to dispose of old unwanted ships, aircraft, munitions and military vehicles. Find out about the 80-100m deep site West of Rottnest, and the aerial surveys, technical diving and remotely operated vehicles (ROV’s) that have been revealing more about the area. Read more Video Danny Murphy
12 Apr 2011Cockatoo Care - Baudin's CockatooThis gallery shows selection of photography of the magnificent Baudin's Cockatoo photographed by Tony Kirkby in the South-West of Western Australia.Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
14 Mar 2011An ark of discovery: Evolution of fauna on the Houtman AbrolhosThe fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos islands off Geraldton has evolved in isolation on many of the 170 islands during the last six to eight thousand years and provides a fascinating laboratory to study adaptive patterns in many species. Read more Video Danny Murphy