Terrestrial Zoology

Long before Pokémon GO or Footy Cards existed, the biggest collecting mania was bird eggs! 

Twenty-five brand new bugs from Barrow Island and neighbouring areas of WA's northwest  have been described in the latest Records of the Western Australian Museum.

Work at the Western Australian Museum’s recently acquired DNA laboratory has proved conclusively the Night Parrot – often referred to as the Holy Grail of ornithology – is not extinct.

The Western Australian Museum’s Head of Terrestrial Zoology, Dr Mark Harvey, has been recognised for his outstanding service to the international arachnological community with the prestigious Pierre Bonnet Award, presented at the International Society of Arachnology’s (ISA) general meeting in Tai

A very unusual species of bee has been discovered during a recent field study trip to the Ravensthorpe region in the south of Western Australian.

Discover which new species of creepy crawlies have been found lurking around the State’s South Coast in the next In the Wild West lecture at the Western Australian Museum – Albany on 16 and 17 August.

• Opening of new facility a significant milestone for WA Museum
• $1.6million provided by Rio Tinto Iron Ore in 2010 for development of lab
• Research projects include discovery and characterisation of new species

A rare species of trapdoor spider has been found by chance in the backyard of a Grass Valley home in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region.