Natural History Museum resources
UNE Natural History Museum resources
Join us as we explore UNE’s Natural History Museum with Tiny and friends.
๐๐๐ Our mystery animal is the Scandinavian Red-Nosed Reindeer โ ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด!
The red-nosed reindeer is a rare sub breed of reindeer endemic to the North Pole.
16 December, 2020
What Am I?
It's What Animal am I Wednesday. Can you guess what I am?
16 December, 2020
Todayโs mystery builder is the Noisy Friarbird – ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ด
Todayโs mystery builder is the Noisy Friarbird, known scientifically as Philemon corniculatus, and our mystery object is a nest!
09 December, 2020
What Am I? ๐ฆ ๐ค ๐ฃ ๐ฅ
It's What am I Wednesday. Can you guess what I am and what animal made me?
09 December, 2020
Our mystery animal is the Tuatara – ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ด
Strangely for a reptile, the tuatara likes cool weather!
02 December, 2020
What Animal Am I?
It's What Animal am I Wednesday. Can you guess who I am?
02 December, 2020
Specimen of the Month – Cane Toad ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข
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 con
27 November, 2020
Our mystery animal is the Brown Kiwi – ๐๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐น ๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด
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.
18 November, 2020
What Animal Am I?
It's What Animal am I Wednesday. Can you guess who I am?
18 November, 2020
Our mystery is solved – Sawn Rocks in Mount Kaputar National Park!
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 t
11 November, 2020
What Rock Am I?
It's What Rock am I Wednesday. Can you guess what I am?
11 November, 2020
Our mystery animal is the Atlantic Horseshoe Crab ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด
Despite its name it isnโt 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 wh
04 November, 2020
What Animal Am I?
It's What Animal am I Wednesday. Can you guess who I am?
04 November, 2020
Specimen of the Month – Long-nosed bandicoot
This monthโs specimen is the Long-nosed Bandicoot, known scientifically as ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ต๐ข.
28 October, 2020
Our mystery animal is the European Rabbit, known scientifically as ๐๐ณ๐บ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ด ๐ค๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด.
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
21 October, 2020
What Animal Am I?
It's What Animal am I Wednesday. Can you guess who I am?
21 October, 2020
๐ฆฆ Our mystery animal is the starnose mole
The scientific name of this animal is ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐บ๐ญ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ข.
14 October, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
14 October, 2020
INSECTA: A Masterclass
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. Thi
13 October, 2020
๐ Our mystery animal is the sheep!
The scientific name of this animal is ๐๐ท๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด.
07 October, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
07 October, 2020
The platypus, known scientifically as Ornithorhynchus anatinus!
In keeping with the Monotreme theme of last monthโs specimen, this month we will take a closer look at the platypus. Australia is home to two monotremes (egg-laying mammals) โ the short-beaked echidna
30 September, 2020
๐น Our mystery animal is the water vole!
The scientific name of this animal is ๐๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ด.
23 September, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
23 September, 2020
๐ฆ Our mystery animal is the Port Jackson shark!
The scientific name of this animal is ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช.
16 September, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
16 September, 2020
๐ฆOur mystery animal is the Kookaburra!
The scientific name of this animal is ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ฆ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฆ.
09 September, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
09 September, 2020
๐ Our mystery animal is the Greyhound!
The scientific name of this animal is ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ด.
02 September, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
02 September, 2020
Forelimbs of the Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
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-beake
26 August, 2020
๐ Our mystery animal is the fawn hopping-mouse!
The scientific name of this animal is ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด.
12 August, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
12 August, 2020
Our mystery animal is the Burrowing Sea Urchin
The scientific name of this animal is ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฆ๐ช.
05 August, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
05 August, 2020
๐ฆ Our mystery animal is the Shingleback Skink!
The scientific name of this animal is ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ฐ๐ด๐ข.
29 July, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
29 July, 2020
๐ฆOur mystery guest is the Parma Wallaby!
The scientific name of this animal is ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข
01 July, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
01 July, 2020
๐ George the Geologist and the Fossils!
Follow on with George as he explores the UNE Natural History Museum fossil collection.
25 June, 2020
๐ฆOur mystery guest is the Tree Goanna
The scientific name for this animal is ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ถ๐ด.
24 June, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
24 June, 2020
๐ Tiny and George in the Natural History Museum ๐ฆ
Hang on, who is George? Watch the video to discover more!
18 June, 2020
๐ฆ Our mystery guest is the Eastern Blue Tongued Lizard.
The scientific name of this lizard is ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด.
17 June, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
17 June, 2020
๐ฆTiny in the NHM: Mammals!
Tiny is exploring the mammals in the Natural History Museum!
11 June, 2020
๐ฆ Our Mystery Animal is the West European Hedgehog!
The scientific name of this animal is ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐ถ๐ด.
10 June, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
10 June, 2020
๐ฆTiny on the Creeklands: Beneficial Bats!
Tiny has ventured out of the Natural History Museum to meet some of her furry friends!
04 June, 2020
Our Mystery Animal is the Sunda Pangolin!
The scientific name of this animal is ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด ๐ซ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข.
03 June, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
03 June, 2020
๐ฆTiny in the NHM: Native Species!
Tiny's back in our NHM taking a closer look at the New England native species!
28 May, 2020
Our Mystery Animal is the Galah!
The scientific name of this parrot is ๐๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ข.
27 May, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
27 May, 2020
๐ฆTiny in the NHM: Introduced Species!
Tiny's back in our NHM taking a closer look at introduced species!
21 May, 2020
๐ฆ It’s the Red rumped parrott!
The scientific name of this parrot is ๐๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ด.
20 May, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
20 May, 2020
๐It’s International Museum Day!๐
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.
18 May, 2020
๐ฆTiny in the NHM: Connie the Cassowary!
Tiny's back in our NHM taking a closer look at our friend Connie the Cassowary!
14 May, 2020
๐ฆ It’s the Wedge-tailed Eagle!
Its scientific name is ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ข ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ข๐น.
13 May, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
13 May, 2020
๐ฆTiny in the NHM: Birds!
Tiny's back in our NHM taking a closer look at birds!
07 May, 2020
๐ก It’s the Yellow Boxfish!
Its scientific name is ๐๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ถ๐ฃ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ด. Both the common and scientific name refer to its amazingly box-shaped body.
06 May, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs What Animal Am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
06 May, 2020
๐ฆTiny in the NHM: Skeletons!
Tiny's back in our NHM taking a closer look at skeletons!
30 April, 2020
It’s the Tasmanian Devil!
The scientific name for the animal is ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ช..
29 April, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs what animal am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
29 April, 2020
๐ฆTiny in the NHM: Reptiles!
Tiny's back in our NHM taking a closer look at reptiles!
23 April, 2020
It’s the Frilled-Neck Lizard!
Its scientific name is ๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐บ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ด๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ช. As their name suggests, Frilled-Neck Lizards (also known as frillnecks) have a large, loose โruffโ or โfrillโ around their neck that they can spread out w
22 April, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs what animal am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
22 April, 2020
๐ฆTiny in the NHM: Invertebrates!
Tiny's back in our NHM taking a closer look at Lightning Claw!
16 April, 2020
It’s the Bare-nosed Wombat!
Our mystery animal is the Spotted-tailed Quoll, also known as the Tiger Quoll! The scientific name of this animal is Dasyurus maculatus.
15 April, 2020
What Animal Am I?
Itโs what animal am I Wednesday. Can you guess what this week's animal might be?
15 April, 2020
๐ฆTiny in the NHM: Lightning Claw!!
Tiny's back in our NHM taking a closer look at Lightning Claw!
09 April, 2020
It’s the Spotted-tailed Quoll!
Our mystery animal is the Spotted-tailed Quoll, also known as the Tiger Quoll! The scientific name of this animal is Dasyurus maculatus.
08 April, 2020
๐ฆIntroducing Owldelle๐ฆ
Hereโs 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 His
07 April, 2020๐ฆHEY KIDS! Look who’s back!
Check out our friend Tiny the Lesser Long-eared Bat exploring UNE's Natural History Museum!
03 April, 2020It’s a Cassowary!
Our mystery animal is Connie the Cassowary! Cassowaries share the ratite family with some of the worldโs largest birds (ostrich, emus and rheas), along with some smaller relatives like the kiwi. Ca
02 April, 2020
Our mystery animal is the echidna!
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
25 March, 2020
๐ฆ Tiny the Bat
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 a
24 March, 2020
