I shot some footage a while back in the dense bush of southern #garriwerd, revisiting a site I'd been to 11 years ago with Dr kevin Rowe, Senior Curator of Mammals at #MuseumsVictoria. Good to see it it in its final form.

Could freezing live DNA be the key to stopping #extinction of Australia's native endangered species?
Dr Kevin Rowe has spent the last decade researching remaining populations of the Smoky Mouse in western #Victoria.
And recent developments in cell #biology, inspired by the #Thylacine de-extinction project, could be instrumental in ensuring the future of this endangered native.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5jwYOZxk_M
#Mammology #Museum #science #scicomm

The oceanic common #octopus (Octopus vulgaris) lives in tropical, subtropical, and temperate waters throughout the world. These #octopuses have three hearts, and they can change their coloration to match their environment.

#SciArt by Jean Baptiste Vérany for Histoire Naturelle, T.2 (1835-1848), which was digitized by #MuseumsVictoria for inclusion in #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57633250