21 Feb 2014Beetle Mania! Image courtesy of Craig O’Keefe The Museum Entomology section often receives public enquiries from concerned citizens who have been inundated with various creepy crawlies, though this one is particularly like a scene from a horror film!Read more Blog entry Lintette Umbrello
13 Feb 2014Researching and surveying – Kimberley 2013Introduction The WA Museum and partner agencies have performed surveys in the Kimberley to examine and survey marine biodiversity and their associated habitats. This video introduces the processes and activities required to undertake such research.Read more Video Danny Murphy
13 Feb 2014Trends and Discoveries – Kimberley 2013Summary The WA Museum and partner agencies have performed surveys along the Kimberley coast to examine marine biodiversity. This video introduces some of the initial discoveries that the research team has made during the research expedition.Read more Video Danny Murphy
13 Feb 2014Mimicking Algae – Kimberley 2013During a survey, Dr Zoe Richards discovers a seaweed which looks remarkably like a hard coral. This video examines this amazing discovery. Read more Video Danny Murphy
13 Feb 2014Yellow Spotted Scorpion Fish – Kimberley 2013This video looks at the amazing discovery of a yellow spotted scorpion fish at Ashmore Reef, which had previously never been recorded in this part of the world.Read more Video Danny Murphy
3 Feb 2014The Kashmiri KangriA recent acquisition in the Anthropology & Archaeology Department Written By Megan Williams Image copyright WA Museum Read more Blog entry Xavier Leenders
24 Jan 2014Roped off… Until now.How old is the Rope? Written by Xavier Leenders Read more Blog entry Xavier Leenders
Footpads of Western Australian Dasyurids – an identification guideDepartmental resources | Updated 1 decade agoThis document offers a photographic guide to the footpad structures of Western Australian Sminthopsis (Dunnarts). Some species in this genus are difficult to differentiate, and this guide offers advice on how to use the footpads to identify species in the field. Note: this document is currently only available as a PDF download, to request an accessible version of this document please email onlineservices@museum.wa.gov.au and we will work to create an accessible resource. More information
2 Dec 2013What is this?!Today we received this ID request from our Twitter follower, Sue Hill: Corey, Courtney, Zoe and Lisa from our Aquatic Zoology team were on the case! "It is the egg-case of Syrinx aruanus.Read more Blog entry Niki Comparti
27 Nov 2013Friendly Flatworms: The TemnocephalidaWe recently had a phone call from a curious citizen, Andrea Davy, who had noticed that the yabbies and marron in one of her ponds were crawling with some very strange animals. Fearing some kind of parasitic invasion she brought them to the Museum for identification. Read more Blog entry Andrew Hosie
27 Nov 2013Flatworms: The TemnocephalidaSent to the museum for identification, we eventually identified these Temnocephalida flatworms as Temnosewellia minor. Read more Video Western Australian Museum