In 2010, our extraordinarily rare and valuable megamouth shark was moved from the old Museum in Perth to a purpose-built tank at the WA Maritime Museum in Fremantle. Moving Megamouth was a massive logistical activity that took over one year to plan. Over 7000 litres of ethanol had to be disposed of, a fragile and priceless specimen had to moved across a city, and extensive and ongoing conservation processes had to be developed. If you missed our #DistantDiscoveries video from earlier this week o

A team of researchers from the Queensland and Western Australian Museum's... have uncovered 55 new species of "Wishbone Spiders." The discovery makes them one of the most diverse and widely spread groups of arachnids in the country. | 10 News Queensland