Category: Insects & Spiders
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By Dr Chris Burwell, Senior Curator of Insects at Queensland Museum Have you noticed butterflies everywhere for the last couples of months? There has been…
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Queensland Museum scientists have discovered five new jumping spider species. Have you ever seen a more adorable spider? These cute and colourful jumping spiders are…
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World Wildlife Day, held annually on 3 March, was created to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants. The day has…
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We celebrate the achievements of women, known and unknown, remembered and forgotten, who have forged the way for those of us in science today, and…
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Never fear, they’re all still here and safely tucked away behind the scenes throughout the Discovery Centre’s renovation. Our staff continue to bring in the…
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While the Discovery Centre is being renovated our most popular displays are still on show. Every day at 11.00am and 2.00pm our amazing Daily Discoveries…
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The helpful and knowledgeable staff of the Queensland Museum Network often assist members of the public with the identification of insect, animal, fossil and geological…
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The helpful and knowledgeable staff of the Queensland Museum Network often assist members of the public with the identification of insect, animal, fossil and geological…
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Queensland Museum arachnologist Dr Robert Raven travelled to the Central Highlands of Tasmania in February surveying spiders as part of a Bush Blitz survey. And…
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By Dr Christine Lambkin Did you know that during 2012-13, the Queensland Museum had nearly 13,000 enquiries through the Discovery Centre alone, that’s not including…
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Written by: Dr Barbara Baehr, Research Scientist, Terrestrial Environments (Arachnida) Minute goblin spiders with orange armour are widely distributed but hidden! Goblin spiders have a worldwide…
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Written by: Susan Wright, Collection Manager (Insects) Enter the depths of the insect collection and you never know what you will find.
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Written by: Christine Robertson, Corporate Communications Officer The fabled explorer Ludwig Leichhardt occupies a unique place in the Australian cultural imagination.
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Written by: Dr Robert Raven, Head, Terrestrial Environments In September I travelled with a team of scientists to Cape York to search for and collect…
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Written by: Alex Richards, Digital Marketing Coordinator Our Collection Imager Geoff Thompson recently won several awards at the Australian Institute of Medical and Biological Illustrators (AIMBI) Awards 2013…
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Written by: Maryanne Venables, Strategic Learning The “Zoo Animals” went into the tin with the blue lid, while my “Farm Animals” went in the tin…
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Queensland Museum scientists will conduct free workshops this week in Atherton, Innisfail, and Cairns dedicated to assessing local biodiversity and the effect of human impact…
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To teach the Biological Sciences sub strand of the Australian Curriculum well, teachers need to feel fairly comfortable with living things. Of particular benefit is…
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It’s the stuff of nightmares, big hairy spiders with huge fangs. But we don’t need to worry about that because the deadly funnel-web is down…
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