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Archaeology against the clock: the race to salvage fragments of early Brisbane

Tens of thousands of artefacts were unearthed not by careful excavation but by the 2011 floods. Now, students are piecing together Queensland’s history

The Guardian - AU

Modern rock wallabies seem to survive by sticking together in small areas. Fossils show they need to travel

Today, rock wallabies are seen as secretive cliff-dwellers that rarely stray far from the safety of their rocky shelters. But the fossil record tells a very different story.

The Conversation

Shell-funded school materials accused of downplaying fossil fuels’ climate impact

School materials emblazoned with the Shell logo are shaping how children as young as 10 learn about climate change.

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Queensland Museum accused of misleading teachers and children about the cause of climate change

Education program sponsored by Shell’s Queensland Gas Company is ‘climate obstruction dressed up as education’, advocacy group says

The Guardian - AU

HMS Pandora is Australia’s most scientifically excavated shipwreck – yet it still holds secrets

In 1791, the British naval vessel HMS Pandora sank on the Great Barrier Reef while pursuing the mutineers from the HMS Bounty. The mutineers, led by Christian Fletcher, staged an uprising against their captain Lieutenant William Bligh in 1789, forcing Bligh and his supporters out to sea in a launch.

The Conversation

Coral back in Australia after more than 100 years in US

More than 140 corals, taken from the Torres Strait Islands have been returned to Australia after more than a century in the United States.

AAP

Around 9,000 species have already gone extinct in Australia and we’ll likely lose another this week – new study

More than 95% of Australian animals are invertebrates (animals without backbones – spiders, snails, insects, crabs, worms and others). There are at least 300,000 species of invertebrate in Australia. Of these, two-thirds are unknown to western science.

The Conversation

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History lovers to gather for two-day stagecoach journey

Regional towns across southern Queensland will celebrate the centennial of Cobb & Co's final stagecoach run, the last of its kind in Australia.

AAP

How First Nations fashion design can rewrite painful memories and be a powerful method of healing

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains names, images and stories of deceased people.

The Conversation

Digger's souvenir reunited with 'world's rarest tank'

The grandson of an Aussie digger who souvenired a compass from a World War I German tank has donated it to Queensland Museum where the rare tank is on display.

AAP

New snail species named after wildlife warrior

Researchers have solved a 40-year mystery by identifying 15 species of land snail, naming one after a high-profile Australian zookeeper.

AAP

What it takes to be The Snail Whisperer, spreading the Australian snail gospel

John Stanisic has one life mission — to get everyone to love snails and slugs.

ABC News

A CT scanner is changing our understanding of dinosaurs and the landscape of prehistoric outback Queensland

Palaeontologist Scott Hocknull likened his research to a crime scene, minus the criminals and eyewitnesses. Now, he's using technology to better understand the fossils found in Australia.

ABC News

Queensland Museum taxidermist acquired Q Fever bacterial infection at work in Australian first, court hears

An investigation found one woman, who was a taxidermist, acquired a chronic case of Q Fever while at work and suffered a serious spinal abscess.

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Australia Has Discovered Another Giant Spider

The Brigalow Belt in Central Queensland is the only place to find the uncommon and enormous species of trapdoor spider.

The Independent UK

New giant species of spider that makes trapdoors discovered in Australia

The so-called trapdoor spiders are found only in Queensland and build “trap doors” out of leaves to prey on insects

The Guardian - AU

‘It’s very big’: new species of giant trapdoor spider discovered in Queensland

The arachnid plays an important role in the leaf litter ecosystem, helping to control insect populations

ABC News

'Rare and giant' trapdoor spider species, Euoplos dignitas, discovered in Brigalow Belt

The nocturnal species can be found burrowed inside trapdoors about the diameter of a 50-cent piece in the black soil west of Bundaberg.

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Toadzilla to join other giant cane toads at Queensland Museum

Giant amphibian "Toadzilla" will join others like "Yuk" and "Bette Davis" at the Queensland Museum — but it may be a few months before the frozen specimen is ready for visitors.

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Nearly 6-pound 'Toadzilla' found in Australia breaks the record for largest toad

Cane toads are notorious pests in Australia, colonizing habitats and poisoning other wildlife. Park rangers euthanized the 5.95-pound animal, whose body will be donated to the Queensland Museum.

ABC News

Researchers discover 'true giant wombat' megafauna species fossil in central Queensland

Researchers discover "true giant wombats" weighing up to 130 kilograms that lived in central Queensland about 80,000 years ago.

AAP

Spider project aiming to find 100 species

Queensland Museum Network arachnologist Dr Jeremy Wilson has embarked upon an ambitious plan to describe over 100 new species of spider over three years.

ABC News

The evolution of the Ekka's show bags, which originally contained coal and condiments

Today's brightly coloured bags filled with treats, toys and trinkets are a far cry from those long ago, which included condiments and packets of Twisties that were recommended for kids by dentists.

ABC News

Jellyfish filmed by scuba diver off Papua New Guinea could be rare or new species

Marine biologists are excited over the sighting and filming of a jellyfish in the ocean off Papua New Guinea.

ABC News

Queensland Museum workers marry surrounded by friends, family and dinosaurs

While many couples chose beach settings and ballrooms for their special day, one Queensland couple has settled on a more prehistoric theme.

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