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A niche festival has sparked plenty of interest at the @SAMuseum this month - @ameliamulcahy7 has the latest. Send your weather videos and photos to 7NEWS Adelaide: m.me/7NEWSAdelaide #7NEWS
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Enjoy the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year collection for 2024!
Here are the shortlisted images for the Animals in Nature category. See all shortlisted photographs: ausgeo.co/agnpoty2024
The competition and exhibition is owned and produced by @SAMuseum
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Looking for last minute ideas of things to do over the long weekend (or somewhere cool to retreat from the sun)?
Check out our what’s on guide point_right weare.sa.gov.au/news/whats-o…
@ADLfringe @agsa_adelaide @SAMuseum @adelaidefest
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NOW: Justine van Mourik in the studio with @Staceylee_ for 'State Of The Arts' talking about what's on at @SAMuseum
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Did you know, there have been only six generations of taxidermists at the @SAMuseum since 1840?
Read about a day in the life of the museum's current taxidermist, Jo Bain visit wearesa.au/news/a-day-in-the…
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In other exciting news Dr Rachael King and Dr Remko Leijs from the SA Museum have described 2 new genera and species of subterranean amphipods! (doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.…). 📷Rachael King
@SAMuseum @Parks_Australia @bhp @Earthwatch_Aus
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Australia once had a diversity of #vultures that feasted on #megafauna!
Nice ABC coverage of our current research on fossil #Raptors, led by @Ellenaetus with @HvyMetalPalaeo, John Hellstrom & Trevor Worthy
@Flinders @SAMuseum #ornithology
abc.net.au/news/2023-11-18/e…
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Congratulations to Nathan Watson, crowned People's Choice winner of this year's Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year (AGNPOTY) competition.
Read more about this winning photo - bit.ly/3Z3gJ8Z
AGNPOTY is owned and produced by the @SAMuseum
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Photographer Pete McGee recently won the Threatened Species category in the 2023 #AustralianGeographicNaturePhotographeroftheYear (#AGNPOTY) competition, owned and produced by the
@SAMuseum.
Find out how he captured this brilliant shot: bit.ly/45DuXiq
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Moths are not the poor cousin of butterflies – they are incredibly diverse, twice as old as butterflies from an evolutionary perspective and... some of them have hearing? What?!
@saef_arc @UniofAdelaide @environmentinst @SAMuseum
theconversation.com/unveilin…
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New #NaracoorteCaves paper just published in Alcheringa. Macro plant fossils from a late Quaternary cave deposit. PhD research by Rachel Atkins @UofA_SET @SAMuseum @SAEnvirWater @environmentinst
doi.org/10.1080/03115518.202…
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Winners announced in the 2023 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition, showcasing the best photographs of the natural world.
An exhibition of the winning and finalist images will be held at @SAMuseum from 26 August - 29 October.
weare.sa.gov.au/news/winner-…
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Thanks @SAMuseum for giving me the opportunity to talk about shark bites and mitigation measures
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Last, but definitely not least, Mark Stevens from @SAMuseum takes us back to the ice-age to look at how glacial refugia helped #Antarctic springtails survive and thrive 🪲🇦🇶 @saef_arc
#SCARBIOLOGY2023
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I had such a great time in Canberra recently speaking about #NaracoorteCaves and fossils at the @ANBG for their megafauna festival. Thanks to the Friends of @ANBG for the invitation. I gave a talk followed by a tour of the megafauna trail. @UofA_SET @SAMuseum @environmentinst
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The remains of 10 First Nation Ancestors have been rightfully returned, followed by a reburial ceremony by Far West Coast Aboriginal Community and representatives from @SAMuseum at Koonibba on July 7th, celebrating their lives respectfully.
To read more -weare.sa.gov.au/news/aborigi…
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🚨 Prof. Steven Cooper, @pbeasleyhall and Tessa Bradford have found that, contrary to popular belief, life underground allows #subterranean #beetles to exploit a range of genetic traits🪲
@NatureComms #evolution #genetics
Full study: doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-3…
ALT Subterranean water beetle, Paroster macrosturtensis, from Sturt Meadows in Western Australia
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It’s not everyday you have an ancient species named after you, but for one South Australian Palaeontologist, that’s exactly what’s happened.
Find out more, visit: weare.sa.gov.au/news/bizarre…
@SAMuseum | @Flinders
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Inspiring SA is delighted to be a sponsor of the @SAMuseum Sprigg Salon with the curator of the current exhibition ‘A Little Bit of Justice’ Don Christopherson samuseum.sa.gov.au/event/a-l… the exhibition is on until 10 September.
ALT Photo taken from the back of a gallery at SA Musuem of an Aboriginal man with Greg hair standing on a stage at a lectern with a large screen on his left with a title slide for his talk.
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To complement our upcoming #LiveAndLearn talk, view a unique display of taxidermy specimens prepared by Jo Bain @SAMuseum plus books & more curated by Carolyn Spooner #StateLibrarySA.
#TheStoriesThatMakeUs #SLSA #SAMuseum
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ALT Green tree frog Ranoidea caerulea, specimen prepared by Jo Bain of the South Australian Museum, 2007