Auckland Museum at Home

As summer arrives, the perceived threat of sharks is once again being brought into our collective consciousness. But are sharks really a threat to you, or do they just have a case of bad PR?

Auckland Museum’s new shark-damaged surfboard tells a curious story of our misguided fears about the species and acts as a starting point for exploring opposing perspectives.

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It began as an infrastructure project, but it is now also a project to uncover who inhabited Auckland’s seas and forests 3.5 million years ago.

We’ve partnered with Watercare’s Central Interceptor project and are in conversation with the Mana Whenua Kaitiaki Managers Forum, to collect, identify, care for and research fossils recently discovered during the excavation of the Central Interceptor main shaft at Greenwood Road, Māngere. This project is one for the history books - some of the fossils are species that are new, previously unknown to science.

Check out the latest updates and exciting new developments on our dedicated page.

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Biodiversity scientists from the Museum and the California Academy of Sciences worked with Ngātiwai kaumātua to name a new species of pygmy pipehorse. This is the first time an indigenous group has been formally listed as the naming authority of a new species of animal.

Image: Irene Middleton, seacologynz.com

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Although you can't bring the kids to Auckland Museum to see the Sea Monsters exhibition anymore, you can take them on a journey of discovery via this page of Sea Monsters activities, videos and more.

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