We are working with partners including Google, University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies and The Nature Conservancy to restore Tasmania’s Giant Kelp forests and the ocean ecosystems they create. Photo by Andrew Wilson
Museomics
Collections are a resource for understanding how Australian species have responded and adapted to environmental change… and we’ve developed new methods to read the stories in their DNA.
Native bees
This is Amegilla (Asaropoda) bombiformis. We are scientifically describing 500 unknown Australian native bee species to address this knowledge gap in Australia’s biodiversity.
Welcome to Diversity
Our new collections building will hold more than 13 million specimens. They are a vital resource for biodiversity, biosecurity and biodiscovery research.