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The Australian Museum is hoping to attract funding to continue an outreach program supporting the safe storage of priceless collections held in Pacific museums.

Newcastle funnel-web spider’s last shared common ancestor with the Sydney funnel-web was 17 million years ago, experts say

"Hercules" the funnel-web spider is the largest male of the species ever found.

Curated by Egypt’s self-styled Indiana Jones, Ramses & the Gold of the Pharoahs features sarcophagi, mummified crocodiles and a royal coffin that never left Egypt until this year

The 3000-year-old coffin of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh is one of many artefacts being unveiled to the Australian public this weekend.

Pacific Islands heritage is on display in a permanent gallery at the Australian Museum, called Wansolmoana or One Salt Ocean.

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Hundreds of scientists from across the country have gathered at the Australian Museum in Sydney for the presentation of the Eureka Prizes. Awarded annually since 1990, the prizes recognise outstanding contributions to science and the public understanding of science.

A retired chicken farmer found the rocks in the mid-1990s and donated it to the Australian Museum, where researchers have now named the newfound species Arenaerpeton supinatus.