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Secrets from Beyond Extinction: Unlocking the Thylacine Genome

Royal Society of Victoria 8 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

The Tasmanian tiger or thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) was the largest carnivorous Australian marsupial to exist into the modern era. Their resemblance to the eutherian wolf is considered the most striking example of convergent evolution in mammals. This is even more striking when you consider that they last shared a common ancestor over 160 million years…

Free – $5

Stuck on a Rock – Premiere Screening

Loop Project Space & Bar 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

The premiere screening for my short documentary on the Lord Howe Island stick insect. Stuck on a Rock is a documentary on the saga of the Lord Howe Island stick insect, one of the rarest species of insects on the planet. It was exterminated on Lord Howe Island by rats that were accidentally introduced in…

Free

Eggs Alive!

Kangaroo Flat Library 267 High Street, Kangaroo Flat, VIC, Australia

Kangaroo Flat Library (Goldfields Libraries) is excited to announce that for National Science Week from the 13 – 21 August we are presenting “Eggs Alive!” Goldfields Libraries is a successful SEED grant winner and would like to share this whole experiment with the community. With the money from the SEED grant, Kangaroo Flat Library was…

Free

Science Festival – Tiegs Zoology Museum Tour

Tiegs Zoology Museum BioSciences 4, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia

Established in 1887, the Tiegs Zoology Museum is Australia’s oldest university museum of zoology. Its collection, accumulated over 120 years, has specimens dating from the late 19th century to the present representing the whole animal kingdom, including an African lion and a moa (an extinct emu-like bird from New Zealand). Visitors will be able to browse the…

Free

Women in STEM Conference at Melbourne Zoo (Catholic Schools)

Melbourne Zoo Elliot Avenue, Parkville, VIC, Australia

Women in STEM: Future Careers, 21st Century Skills and Role Models Females are drastically underrepresented in STEM subjects and jobs across the planet – let’s change that! On the eve of National Science Week 2019, educate and inspire your Year 7–10 students by connecting with real-world STEM mentors and case studies. This conference is especially…

$19

Women in STEM Conference at Melbourne Zoo

Melbourne Zoo Elliot Avenue, Parkville, VIC, Australia

Women in STEM: Future Careers, 21st Century Skills and Role Models Females are drastically underrepresented in STEM subjects and jobs across the planet – let’s change that! On the eve of National Science Week 2019, educate and inspire your Year 7–10 students by connecting with real-world STEM mentors and case studies. This conference is especially…

$19
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Science at the Extreme

Melbourne Museum 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton, VIC, Australia

Every day, scientists in the field balance the excitement and danger of collecting data from some of the wildest and most hostile environments on the planet in the pursuit of knowledge. For the Victorian launch of National Science Week, we're bringing together a dream team of science adventurers to share their journeys and discoveries! Join us at the Melbourne Museum, and explore the science galleries after the talks.

Frogs and Dogs

Frogs and Dogs – Glenroy Library

Glenroy Library 737 Pascoe Vale Road, Glenroy, Victoria, Australia

Join Merri Creek Management Committee’s Waterwatch Coordinator and Dr Natalie Catalynd, frog researcher from Canine Ecological, to learn about the different types of local frogs. Meet a dog that “sniffs” out frogs and learn about frog species and populations via the fun, free and easy frog census app. Older children welcome.

Registrations essential.

Free

STEM and Society: SealSpotters

Dr Rebecca McIntosh Mr Ross Holmberg Join Dr Rebecca McIntosh and Ross Holmberg from the Phillip Island Nature Parks team as they prepare to launch the annual SealSpotter Challenge, when citizen scientists around the globe jump online to count Australian fur seals and contribute to vital conservation research. The SealSpotter program allows anyone with a computer to help with the management and protection of our oceans by counting seals in images captured with a UAV drone. The count enables scientists to…

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