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![Specimen box storage for the liquid nitrogen cryofacility freezing tank, Ian Potter Bio-Bank.](/media/4363/000274226.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=768&height=432&rnd=131465712819730000&bgcolor:fff)
Discover Documentary: Biobank
Discover the Ian Potter Australian Wildlife Biobank: a state-of-the-art liquid nitrogen storage facility containing tissue, venom, and even live cells.
![Bird perched on a branch](/media/4333/000198223c-39.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=768&height=432&rnd=131462324081270000&bgcolor:fff)
Listening for Nature
Researchers are using advanced digital tools to listen in on animal sounds and map who is where from croaks and calls.
![A black and white image of a toadlet.](/media/13023/header-bushfire.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=768&height=432&rnd=132273807090070000&bgcolor:fff)
Under fire: The animals threatened by Australia’s bushfire crisis
If there’s one place in the world that knows about extinction, it’s a natural history museum.
![a small scorpion glowing green under uv light](/media/17997/little-marbled-scorpion-glowing.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=768&height=432&rnd=132858543244930000&bgcolor:fff)
Glowing animals: understanding bioluminescence and biofluorescence
What do a Platypus, a Dragonfish and a Scorpion all have in common?
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Deaccessioning: Why do museums remove objects from collections?
The public collections found in museums across the world are a historic record. But that does not mean everything stays there forever.
![Five girls looking for marine life on a boat.](https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/content/media/9/831809-thumbnail.jpg)
Help us document biodiversity – record your own sightings
![Green and brown mottled toad huddled on brown ground.](https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/content/media/27/982227-thumbnail.jpg)
Sudell's Frog
A burrowing species that usually come to the surface only after summer rains to breed.
![Orange and brown frog on orange-brown soil surface.](https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/content/media/8/760158-thumbnail.jpg)
Eastern Banjo Frog
Burrows in the soil and are sometimes found when people dig in their backyard.
![Bright green frog on partially submerged rock.](https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/content/media/44/995744-thumbnail.jpg)
Leaf Green River Tree Frog
These frogs frequent fast-flowing rivers and are excellent swimmers and jumpers.
![A Spotted Grass Frog with yellow stripe along its back.](https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/content/media/45/360195-thumbnail.jpg)
Spotted Grass Frog
A medium-sized frog with distinctive large regular-shaped brown or olive green blotches along its back.