First look at a year-long program full of extraordinary experiences marking 200 years of Australia’s first museum.

Dinosaurs of Patagonia launches an extraordinary year of events, exhibitions and experiences marking 200 years of the ...

The Australian Reptile Park & Australian Museum Herpetology Department have declared ‘Shazza’ the largest living common death adder ever recorded in Australia.

Spider wasps (family Pompilidae) are solitary wasps. They prey on spiders to feed their larvae or they parasitise other spider wasps. They do not form colonies to defend nests and are not aggressive.

Common Death Adder Feeding and diet The Common Death Adder feeds on frogs, lizards and birds and, unlike most Australian venomous snakes that actively search for prey, this snake sits in one place and ...

Australian Carpet Beetles are native member of a small but significant group of beetles (family Dermestidae) that frequently invade homes and whose larvae feed on carpets and similar fabrics. It is ...

Enhance your students' learning experiences during their visit to the Museum with our educator-led programs, or book into one of our teacher events for your next professional development. Book in an ...

Grey-headed Flying-fox Habitat The Grey-headed Flying-fox are found in a variety of habitats, including forests and woodlands, rainforests, intertidal mangroves and swamps. They are also increasingly ...

The Humpback Whale has distinctive knobbly protuberances on the head and long flippers making this one of the most easily recognised of the large baleen whales. Its name is derived from the hump under ...

Megalania prisca, the largest terrestrial lizard known, was a giant goanna (monitor lizard). Megalania lived in a variety of eastern Australian Pleistocene habitats - open forests, woodlands and ...

Gwardar, Collared Brown Snake. Also more recently Strap-snouted Brown Snake (for P. aspidorhyncha), and Northern Brown Snake (for P. nuchalis).

Like other waterbirds, the Australian Wood Duck hatches with a covering of waterproof down and can enter the water almost straight away.