#SpeciesOfTheWeek
White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
The White Shark is the most famous (and feared) species of #shark. It is one of the few species dangerous to humans & can be found all around the world. I think they're cute.
https://t.co/jpSVa1aBTn @austmus
Latest AMRI blog from @joey_squishfish : 'Ice ages and butterflyfish'
How could lower sea levels during the last #iceage have influenced the #evolution of tropical fish species?
https://t.co/wPlQCHpQB5
Australasian Fishes BLOG: A #xanthic Western Buffalo Bream, Kyphosus cornelii, speared by Vin Rushworth on a southern Abrolhos shoal, Western Australia, in approximately 18m of water. @markmcg https://t.co/WLMmfMAIC6
Ever wondered what it would be like to go sampling for #EnvironmentalDNA in the Northern Mariana Islands? AMRI's @joey_squishfish has just returned from a voyage with @NOAA
doing just that! https://t.co/9AuLczUK7q
"Understanding what drives this coexistence is vital to understand how biological communities are assembled and, to a greater extent, how biodiversity evolves."
@alencarlrv - AMF/AMRI Visiting Collections Fellow
https://t.co/io62BwJS1h
What do birds and fish have in common? Both groups were missing from the AM’s collections from the Coolah Tops region of NSW. @NoisyMajor
and the team detail their exciting #AMExpedition to the region. https://t.co/drE86KQSTX
What do birds and fish have in common? Both groups were missing from the AM’s collections from the Coolah Tops region of NSW. @NoisyMajor and the team detail their exciting expedition to the region!
https://t.co/drE86KQSTX
Don't forget! Join us tomorrow for the April AMRI Seminar Series. Two fantastic talks in the AM Theatre @ 1pm.
See David Payne of the @ANMMuseum and Markus Riegler from @westernsydneyu
More info:
https://t.co/OHh0tVtXek
"Our knowledge of amphibians is changing so fast, understanding just how threatened they are is proving a challenge." @jodirowley and Ben Tapley are on a mission to improve standards around recording amphibian species' #conservation status.
https://t.co/WliqnEFY7L
One of our fantastic Research Associates Dr Geoff Williams from @UNSWScience has just returned from an eye-opening field trip in the Werrikimbe National Park. Read more here: https://t.co/TDPpNipiu0
A few specimens sometimes manage to hide from us in our vast collections... Glenn Shea has has travelled to Europe and back to describe some of the culprits worthy of a new name! #skinks
https://t.co/D8StIUIvdA