"Follow your own nose, not somebody else's." That was the biggest piece of advice Professor Charlie Veron had for our Zoology students when he dropped by during a visit to Armidale recently for the Faculty of SABL graduation ceremony....
A new exhibition showcasing the work of world-renowned coral taxonomist and University of New England (UNE) alumnus, Professor Charlie Veron, is now on display at the UNE Natural History Museum. The community is invited to view the exhibit, which features a rare collection of corals...
More than 150 coral samples believed to have been collected 50 years ago were recently uncovered in the collection of the UNE Natural History Museum. The samples are thought to have been collected as part of the first coral survey ever conducted in Australian...
Narelle Jarry is UNE’s recently appointed Curator of Cultural and Teaching Collections. Narelle has been the Manager of UNE’s Natural History Museum since 2016 and the museum will still sit within her management area. This new role will see Narelle’s responsibilities expand to incorporate strategic and...
ABC New England North West recently visited us at the Museum to meet with Russell who shared with them a couple of his favourite specimens. ...
ABC New England North West recently visited us at the Museum to meet with Russell who shared with them a couple of his favourite specimens. ...
Looking at a primate specimen, such as this mounted specimen of a rhesus macaque, is a bit like looking into our human past, and perhaps a bit of the present too. ...
Look closely and you’ll notice a number of faint cuts and pits across the surface of this rib bone. This rib belongs to a Diprotodon, an extinct rhino-sized relative of today’s wombats that lived during the Pleistocene (0.1–2 million years ago)....
Xerochrysum sp. Glencoe was first collected by Alan Cunningham in 1827 and then again in 1957 by Max Gray. Only recently did we rediscover this stunning perennial herb. ...
The tusks have a variety of uses, although for the most part they are used in self defence, and by males when posturing to establish dominance hierarchies. However, if display alone is not effective, males will use their tusk to strike and injure their opponent....