Have you ever wondered how the UNE Natural History Museum began? Why it was started? What it is used for? For those people who remember the original UNE Zoology Teaching Museum, and newer explorers of the current space in the Agricultural Education Building, below we reflect on the origins, purpose and impact of the UNE Natural History Museum and collections. ...
The red-nosed reindeer is a rare sub breed of reindeer endemic to the North Pole....
Today’s mystery builder is the Noisy Friarbird, known scientifically as Philemon corniculatus, and our mystery object is a nest!...
It's What am I Wednesday. Can you guess what I am and what animal made me?...
Strangely for a reptile, the tuatara likes cool weather!...
Cane toads famously have poison glands that exude a powerful toxin known as bufotoxin that can cause death in a wide range of animals, including humans. Cane toads were intentionally introduced to control cane beetles in sugar cane districts, a strategy that failed miserably, and led to its widespread invasion....
The Kiwi can live from 25 to 50 years old, however as they cannot fly away from predators, they are particularly vulnerable to crushing injuries from stoats, cats, dogs and ferrets....
Sawn Rocks is the best example of the geological process of 'organ piping' in Australia. It majestically towers over visitors as they walk beneath the hexagonal columns, and explore fallen pieces in the creek bed below....
Despite its name it isn’t really a crab, and is actually more closely related to spiders, scorpions, and the now extinct Trilobites. They are most commonly found in estuarine environments, which is where rivers meet the sea....
This month’s specimen is the Long-nosed Bandicoot, known scientifically as 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘵𝘢....
Rabbits can start having young from the age of four months. When conditions are good (for example there is a lot of food around), they can have five or more litters in a year, with four or five babies in each litter....
The scientific name of this animal is 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘺𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘢....
It’s What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
Recently UNE Discovery and the New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) partnered to offer a two-day Masterclass for anyone interested in how insects shape our planet, our lives and our narratives. Thirteen attendees from around NSW engaged with entomologists and ecologists, artists and museum staff about insect ecology and conservation, identification, pinning and curating; as well as the artistic techniques of natural history illustration....
The scientific name of this animal is 𝘖𝘷𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴....
It’s What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
In keeping with the Monotreme theme of last month’s specimen, this month we will take a closer look at the platypus. Australia is home to two monotremes (egg-laying mammals) – the short-beaked echidna and the platypus....
The scientific name of this animal is 𝘈𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘴. ...
It’s What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
The scientific name of this animal is 𝘏𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘴𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪. ...
It’s What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
The scientific name of this animal is 𝘋𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘦. ...
It’s What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
The scientific name of this animal is 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘶𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴. ...
It’s What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
This wonderful old display specimen from the UNE Natural History Museum is a teaching tool that has allowed generations of students to see the forelimb structure and pectoral girdle of the short-beaked echidna – Australia’s only echidna species, and one of two monotremes (egg-laying mammals) that occur here – the other one of course is the platypus....
The scientific name of this animal is 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘺𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴. ...
It’s What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
The scientific name of this animal is 𝘌𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘪. ...
It’s What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
The scientific name of this animal is 𝘛𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘢 𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘢. ...
It’s What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
The scientific name of this animal is 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢...
It’s What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
Follow on with George as he explores the UNE Natural History Museum fossil collection....
The scientific name for this animal is 𝘝𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘴....
It’s What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
Hang on, who is George? Watch the video to discover more!...
The scientific name of this lizard is 𝘛𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴....
It’s What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
Tiny is exploring the mammals in the Natural History Museum!...
The scientific name of this animal is 𝘌𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘦𝘶𝘴....
It’s What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
Tiny has ventured out of the Natural History Museum to meet some of her furry friends!...
The scientific name of this animal is 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢....
It’s What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
Tiny's back in our NHM taking a closer look at the New England native species!...
The scientific name of this parrot is 𝘊𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢....
It’s What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
Tiny's back in our NHM taking a closer look at introduced species!...
The scientific name of this parrot is 𝘗𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴....
It’s What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
Today is the perfect time to reflect on the importance of museums not only as cultural and scientific archives, but as places of collaboration, discovery, reflection and play. ...
Tiny's back in our NHM taking a closer look at our friend Connie the Cassowary!...
It’s What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
Its scientific name is 𝘖𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴. Both the common and scientific name refer to its amazingly box-shaped body....
It’s What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
Tiny's back in our NHM taking a closer look at skeletons!...
The scientific name for the animal is 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘪.....
It’s what animal am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
Tiny's back in our NHM taking a closer look at reptiles!...
Its scientific name is 𝘊𝘩𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘺𝘥𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘪. As their name suggests, Frilled-Neck Lizards (also known as frillnecks) have a large, loose ‘ruff’ or ‘frill’ around their neck that they can spread out when they are threatened....
It’s what animal am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
Tiny's back in our NHM taking a closer look at Lightning Claw!...
Our mystery animal is the Spotted-tailed Quoll, also known as the Tiger Quoll! The scientific name of this animal is Dasyurus maculatus....
It’s what animal am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?...
Tiny's back in our NHM taking a closer look at Lightning Claw!...
Our mystery animal is the Spotted-tailed Quoll, also known as the Tiger Quoll! The scientific name of this animal is Dasyurus maculatus....
Here’s another of our friends we would like to introduce you to. Owdelle, our sound expert, recently took a break from performing in our Sound Factor show to visit her relatives in the UNE Natural History Museum....
Check out our friend Tiny the Lesser Long-eared Bat exploring UNE's Natural History Museum!...
Our mystery animal is Connie the Cassowary! Cassowaries share the ratite family with some of the world’s largest birds (ostrich, emus and rheas), along with some smaller relatives like the kiwi. Cassowaries are solitary creatures, meaning they live alone in their environment, although if they come across a friend they communicate using infrasonic booms (low frequency, deep sounds lower than what humans can hear)....
The echidna (say eh-kid-nah), also called the spiny anteater, belongs to a special group of mammals called monotremes. Monotremes are animals that lay eggs but feed their babies milk. Platypus are the only other animals that are monotremes in the world, and they are both found in Australia!...
Tiny, the Lesser-Long Eared Bat, visited the UNE Natural History Museum today. Tiny catches her food in the dark using echolocation, where she calls out, and then listens for the echoes of the sound as they bounce off objects. By listening to echoes, Tiny can work out where things are and then she flits very speedily to catch her prey. One of Tiny’s favourite food is moths. ...
