Rohan Long
Curator, Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
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Sciences & Technology
What five thylacine skulls can tell us about extinction
The Tasmanian tiger is extinct. The only specimens are in museums, but it’s amazing what five thylacine skulls can still tell us
Health & Medicine
One of the most affecting and unsettling things I have ever seen
The Berry Collection was a poorly curated anatomical and anthropological collection that facilitated scientific racism and was dominated by unethically sourced Aboriginal remains
Arts & Culture
The legacy of a great scientific hoax
The University of Melbourne’s anatomy museum features fossil models from an entirely fictional early human; a forgery that derailed the study of our evolution for decades
Sciences & Technology
Miss Lambert’s Thylacine skull
Pioneering women zoologists and explorers played an instrumental role in natural history collections around the world
Environment
Why we’re all in a flap about our favourite birds
The unexpected popularity and controversy around Australia’s Bird of the Year 2017 vote shows the strength of our connection with our avian friends