An Inspiring Time for our Budding Naturalists!
Held over two days, the LKCNHM Aspiring Naturalist Programme saw participants learn more about Southeast Asian biodiversity and natural history through a special Wallace edition which comprised of an entomology […]
READ MOREA Bewildering Tale of a Fish & its Doppelgängers
A new freshwater fish species, the saddle barb (Barbodes sellifer) has been recently identified in Singapore! However, unlike other discoveries where new species are often found due to its rarity, […]
READ MORECampus Plant Identifier: FloraSG
It seems that almost every corner of NUS’s Kent Ridge campus is near some form of greenery—from large, towering tembusu trees (Cyrtophyllum fragrans), to the pretty pink flowers of the trumpet tree (Tabebuia rosea). With the FloraSG app, you’ll be able to identify 60 native plants at the University Hall on the Kent Ridge Campus.
READ MOREMarine Open House 2018
The rain last Saturday did not dampen the spirits of the crowd at our Marine Open House! Starting from registration in the morning, the air was filled with excitement and chatter. Throughout the day, visitors were taken on a learning journey under the sea, with various events focused on marine science. In his talk, “Wet
READ MOREVisiting Scientists Feature: The van der Poortens
Last Tuesday, renowned butterfly experts George and Nancy van der Poorten dropped by the museum for a quick visit! The van der Poortens have been commissioned to undertake the revision, and production of a 5th edition of the book – Corbet and Pendlebury’s ‘The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula’. The 4th edition of the book was
READ MOREResearch Highlights – Singapore Swamp Skink (New Species)
For the past two decades, herpetologists had been unsure about the taxonomic status of a diminutive freshwater swamp-dwelling skink from Singapore. It had been known as ‘Sphenomorphus sp.’, and then as ‘Tytthoscincus cf. sibuensis’, as it resembles Tytthoscincus sibuensis from neighbouring Johor in Malaysia. However, latest research published in the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (click
READ MOREVisiting Scientist Feature: Dr. Jan-Frits Veldkamp
Recently, we hosted Dr. Jan-Frits Veldkamp from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden. Dr. Veldkamp is a botanist with a research focus on the grasses of Southeast Asia, with a career that has spanned over 50 years. He was here to examine grass specimens in the Singapore University Herbarium (SINU), as part of the research for a
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